Access to quality healthcare remains a persistent challenge in many low- and middle-income countries, especially for rural and underserved populations. This paper explores the transformative potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) as mobile health units, proposing a new model for healthcare delivery that leverages emerging transportation technology. We examine how AVs can be equipped with diagnostic tools, telemedicine capabilities, and essential medical supplies to bridge existing gaps in health access. Drawing from current use cases in mobile clinics and early AV deployments, we analyze the opportunities and limitations of this approach through a public health lens. Key barriers such as infrastructure deficits, digital inequity, policy uncertainty, and ethical concerns are critically discussed. The paper also provides targeted recommendations to policymakers, health institutions, and private sector stakeholders on how to advance AV-based healthcare solutions in an inclusive and sustainable manner. By integrating technology with health equity goals, AVs offer a novel and scalable path toward universal health coverage, particularly in contexts where traditional service delivery falls short. This work contributes to the growing conversation on how innovation can reshape public health systems in the 21st century.
{"title":"Exploring AI Driven Autonomous Vehicles as Mobile Health Units to Expand Access to Healthcare in Underserved Communities.","authors":"Adewunmi Akingbola, Adegbesan Abiodun, Olajide Ojo, Otumara Urowoli Jessica, Uthman Hassan Alao, Ademola Aiyenuro, Petra Mariaria","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00547-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00547-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Access to quality healthcare remains a persistent challenge in many low- and middle-income countries, especially for rural and underserved populations. This paper explores the transformative potential of autonomous vehicles (AVs) as mobile health units, proposing a new model for healthcare delivery that leverages emerging transportation technology. We examine how AVs can be equipped with diagnostic tools, telemedicine capabilities, and essential medical supplies to bridge existing gaps in health access. Drawing from current use cases in mobile clinics and early AV deployments, we analyze the opportunities and limitations of this approach through a public health lens. Key barriers such as infrastructure deficits, digital inequity, policy uncertainty, and ethical concerns are critically discussed. The paper also provides targeted recommendations to policymakers, health institutions, and private sector stakeholders on how to advance AV-based healthcare solutions in an inclusive and sustainable manner. By integrating technology with health equity goals, AVs offer a novel and scalable path toward universal health coverage, particularly in contexts where traditional service delivery falls short. This work contributes to the growing conversation on how innovation can reshape public health systems in the 21st century.</p>","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147503985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-20DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00536-9
En-Joo Jung, Mee-Ri Lee
{"title":"Determining the Protective Role of Grip Strength in Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease Risk Among Middle-Aged and Older Women in South Korea.","authors":"En-Joo Jung, Mee-Ri Lee","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00536-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00536-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147490891","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-20DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00539-6
Tran Duc Anh Ly, Floriane Holi-Jamovski, Van Thuan Hoang, Ndiaw Goumballa, Meriem Louni, Thi Loi Dao, Michel Drancourt, Philippe Gautret
{"title":"Retraction Note: Screening Strategy of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Sheltered Homeless People in Marseille, 2019.","authors":"Tran Duc Anh Ly, Floriane Holi-Jamovski, Van Thuan Hoang, Ndiaw Goumballa, Meriem Louni, Thi Loi Dao, Michel Drancourt, Philippe Gautret","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00539-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44197-026-00539-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13004773/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147490817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00523-0
Ahmed Bihi Abdi, Seid Muhumed Abdilaahi, Mohammed Adem Maalin, Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim
{"title":"Epidemiological Measles Outbreaks Investigation in Nogob Zone, Somali Region, Eastern Ethiopia: Trends and Insights from 2019 To 2024.","authors":"Ahmed Bihi Abdi, Seid Muhumed Abdilaahi, Mohammed Adem Maalin, Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00523-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00523-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147486029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00529-8
Abdullah A Alrasheed, Majed Ali Almasaoud, Abdulelah Ibrahim Alrasheed, Abdullah Khaled Alqahtani, Khalid F Alsadhan, Haytham I AlSaif, Saad M Alsaad, Norah A AlShehri
{"title":"Perceived Confidence and Barriers of Family Physicians Toward Deprescribing Potentially Inappropriate and Preventive Medications in Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Survey in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.","authors":"Abdullah A Alrasheed, Majed Ali Almasaoud, Abdulelah Ibrahim Alrasheed, Abdullah Khaled Alqahtani, Khalid F Alsadhan, Haytham I AlSaif, Saad M Alsaad, Norah A AlShehri","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00529-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00529-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147480935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-19DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00535-w
Faizan Ahmed, Muhammad Abdullah, Haris Bin Tahir, Haider Hussain Shah, Maheen Sheraz, Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Umer Sajid, Tehmasp Rehman Mirza, Kinza Raza, Mohamed Bakr, Swapnil Patel, Fawaz Alenezi
{"title":"National Mortality Trends, Disparities, and Forecasted Burden of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure with Underlying Ischemic Heart Disease Among Older Adults in the United States, 1999-2023.","authors":"Faizan Ahmed, Muhammad Abdullah, Haris Bin Tahir, Haider Hussain Shah, Maheen Sheraz, Muhammad Faizan Tahir, Umer Sajid, Tehmasp Rehman Mirza, Kinza Raza, Mohamed Bakr, Swapnil Patel, Fawaz Alenezi","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00535-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00535-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147480885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-17DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00540-z
Tran Duc Anh Ly, Floriane Holi-Jamovski, Van Thuan Hoang, Thi Loi Dao, Michel Drancourt, Philippe Gautret
{"title":"Retraction Note: Preliminary Feasibility Study of Questionnaire-based Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis Screening in Marseille Sheltered Homeless People, Winter 2018.","authors":"Tran Duc Anh Ly, Floriane Holi-Jamovski, Van Thuan Hoang, Thi Loi Dao, Michel Drancourt, Philippe Gautret","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00540-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s44197-026-00540-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12996502/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147474014","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-16DOI: 10.1007/s44197-026-00534-x
Yunshuo Chen, Meiling Huang, Yuanjia Huang
{"title":"G20 Country Burden of High BMI-Related Liver Cancer: Trends from 1990 to 2021 and Projections to 2050.","authors":"Yunshuo Chen, Meiling Huang, Yuanjia Huang","doi":"10.1007/s44197-026-00534-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-026-00534-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147468333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-12DOI: 10.1007/s44197-025-00514-7
Salma A Alamri, Mohammad Alwetaid, Nasser Alshawaish, Reffal Alkharan, Moudhi Altulayhi, Imtnan Alnajashi
{"title":"Temporal and Regional Trends of Foodborne Diseases in Saudi Arabia (2015-2023): A Nationwide Retrospective Analysis.","authors":"Salma A Alamri, Mohammad Alwetaid, Nasser Alshawaish, Reffal Alkharan, Moudhi Altulayhi, Imtnan Alnajashi","doi":"10.1007/s44197-025-00514-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-025-00514-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15796,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2026-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147443939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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