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UK-India Researchers Launch AI Mental Health Programme for Girls
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Researchers from India and the UK on Feb. 18 unveiled a £5.3 million Wellcome-funded project to adapt and scale an AI-enabled digital mental health programme for adolescent girls in rural India. Led by Imperial College London with partners including Cambridge, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Milaan Foundation and Wysa, the study will culturally adapt Wysa’s AI chatbot and evaluate effectiveness, acceptability and feasibility.
Key Points
- 1Secure £5.3 million funding to adapt Wysa AI chatbot for rural Indian adolescent girls.
- 2Address pronounced mental-health inequalities among girls with limited access to technology and care.
- 3Evaluate clinical effectiveness, acceptability, feasibility to guide culturally grounded digital intervention deployment.
Scoring Rationale
High credibility and broad relevance across digital mental health, but modest novelty limited to project announcement rather than technical breakthrough.
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