Local Chapter Benin Chapter
Coordinated byBenin ,
Status: Completed
Project Duration: 01 Mar 2023 - 30 Apr 2023
Open Source resources available from this project
Project background.
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) is a genetic disease that affects red blood cells. red blood cells are the transporters of oxygen across the organism. In normal conditions they have a spheric shape, in the case of SCD, those cells have the form of sickles.
More than 66% of 120 million people affected by SCD worldwide live in Africa. Every day, a thousand children are born with this disease, making it the most common genetic disease in the Region.
The problem.
Access to some specific medical diagnoses is challenging for developing countries’ populations. In particular, for rural people, sickle cell anemia or even sickle cell traits are not diagnosed in time because of the remoteness of appropriate medical centers and laboratories and the cost of electrophoresis tests
Project goals.
Project plan.
Week 1
data collection
Week 2
Data exploration, analysis and cleaning
Week 3
Model design and training
Week 4
– Model training and validation
Week 5
Project report
Learning outcomes.
Machine learning, deep neural network, computer vision
