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Review
. 2025 Jul 2:8:1627773.
doi: 10.3389/frai.2025.1627773. eCollection 2025.

AI in humanitarian healthcare: a game changer for crisis response

Diala Haykal  1 , Mohamad Goldust  2 , Hugues Cartier  3 , Patrick Treacy  4
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AI in humanitarian healthcare: a game changer for crisis response

Diala Haykal et al. Front Artif Intell. .

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming humanitarian healthcare by providing innovative solutions to critical challenges in crisis response. This review explores peer-reviewed literature and case reports from 2001 to 2025, retrieved from PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar, using targeted keywords. Results indicate that AI enhances disaster prediction, disease surveillance, resource allocation, and mental health support through tools such as machine learning, natural language processing, robotics, and blockchain. Prominent applications include AI-powered early warning systems, chatbots for displaced populations, telemedicine platforms, and automated supply chain logistics. Ethical concerns such as data privacy, bias, and access inequities remain critical to responsible deployment. By uniting governments, NGOs, and technology providers, AI serves as a powerful tool to strengthen humanitarian healthcare systems, enhancing resilience and efficiency while ensuring better outcomes for vulnerable populations during crises.

Keywords: artificial intelligence; crisis response; disaster management; ethical considerations; humanitarian healthcare.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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