Using Biological Variables and Social Determinants to Predict Malaria and Anemia among Children in Senegal

Integrating machine learning techniques in healthcare becomes very common nowadays, and it contributes positively to improving clinical care and health decisions planning. Anemia and malaria are two life-threatening diseases in Africa that affect the red blood cells and reduce hemoglobin production....

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Published in:arXiv.org 2021-08
Main Authors: Sow, Boubacar, Suguri, Hiroki, Mukhtar, Hamid, Hafiz Farooq Ahmad
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Anemia
Decision trees
Erythrocytes
Health care
Hemoglobin
Machine learning
Malaria
Social factors
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Summary:Integrating machine learning techniques in healthcare becomes very common nowadays, and it contributes positively to improving clinical care and health decisions planning. Anemia and malaria are two life-threatening diseases in Africa that affect the red blood cells and reduce hemoglobin production. This paper focuses on analyzing child health data in Senegal using four machine learning algorithms in Python: KNN, Random Forests, SVM, and Na\"ive Bayes. Our task aims to investigate large-scale data from The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and to find out hidden information for anemia and malaria. We present two classification models for the two blood disorders using biological variables and social determinants. The findings of this research will contribute to improving child healthcare in Senegal by eradicating anemia and malaria, and decreasing the child mortality rate.
ISSN:2331-8422