Where every voice matters in healthcare
Awaaz-e-Sehat is a speech-first AI platform improving maternal health outcomes in low-resource settings — built at LUMS, deployed in clinics and communities across Pakistan.
Explore the PlatformPakistan's maternal mortality crisis is not a shortage of knowledge — it's a shortage of access. Clinicians are overwhelmed. Records are paper-based. Frontline workers lack decision support. Women in rural areas navigate care alone.
Awaaz-e-Sehat was designed at LUMS in response to this reality. Our platform uses voice, WhatsApp, and AI to bring structured healthcare tools to clinics and communities where they are needed most — in Roman Urdu, the language people actually speak.
From hospital clinicians creating EMRs by voice, to pregnant women accessing antenatal guidance on WhatsApp, to traditional birth attendants receiving AI-guided support during home deliveries — Awaaz-e-Sehat meets providers and patients where they are.
Each module addresses a distinct link in the maternal care chain — designed to work standalone or as an integrated platform from community to clinic.
A calm, midwife-style AI communicator that meets pregnant women on WhatsApp — the platform they already use. APPA conducts antenatal health conversations in Roman Urdu, tracks symptoms, delivers educational content, and triages concerns using a WHO-aligned 3-tier framework.
Clinicians speak naturally in Urdu — Awaaz-e-Sehat listens, transcribes, and generates structured electronic medical records. Built on fine-tuned Whisper ASR and a GPT-4 backend with medical dictionaries. Validated at 96% downstream EMR accuracy over 500+ records.
A centralized view for clinicians to monitor patient panels, review AI-generated EMRs, triage red flags, and manage referrals — all from a single secure interface. Designed to integrate into existing hospital workflows without disruption.
31% of deliveries in Pakistan are attended by traditional birth attendants (dais) — unskilled, often low-literacy, and working without decision support. This speech-first module guides TBAs through safe delivery protocols and postpartum monitoring in Urdu, with tap and voice inputs designed for low-literacy users.
Awaaz-e-Sehat has been featured across international media, foundation platforms, and public-interest coverage highlighting its work in maternal healthcare innovation.
Our work is funded and supported by leading global health organizations, technology foundations, and clinical institutions committed to equitable healthcare innovation.
We welcome clinical partnerships, research collaborations, and conversations about deployment and scale in low-resource healthcare settings.