Globalizing Fairness Attributes in Machine Learning: A Case Study on Health in Africa

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2304.02190v1
• Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 02:10:53 GMT
• Title: Globalizing Fairness Attributes in Machine Learning: A Case Study on Health in Africa
• Authors: Mercy Nyamewaa Asiedu, Awa Dieng, Abigail Oppong, Maria Nagawa, Sanmi Koyejo, Katherine Heller
• Abstract summary: Fairness has implications for global health in Africa, which already has inequitable power imbalances between the Global North and South. We propose fairness attributes for consideration in the African context and delineate where they may come into play in different ML-enabled medical modalities.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: With growing machine learning (ML) applications in healthcare, there have been calls for fairness in ML to understand and mitigate ethical concerns these systems may pose. Fairness has implications for global health in Africa, which already has inequitable power imbalances between the Global North and South. This paper seeks to explore fairness for global health, with Africa as a case study. We propose fairness attributes for consideration in the African context and delineate where they may come into play in different ML-enabled medical modalities. This work serves as a basis and call for action for furthering research into fairness in global health.

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