Rural Health AI 🏥

Rural Health AI is a comprehensive healthcare platform designed to bridge the gap in rural healthcare access. It empowers community health workers (Sahayaks) and citizens with AI-driven tools for symptom analysis, prescription scanning, medicine information, and outbreak detection.

🌟 Features

For Sahayaks (Health Workers) & Admins

• Patient Management: Create and track patient profiles with syncing capabilities.
• Outbreak Detection: Real-time monitoring of disease outbreaks using aggregated symptom data.
• Dashboard Analytics: Visual insights into community health trends.
• Offline First: Crucial functionality works without internet connectivity.

For Citizens

• AI Symptom Checker: powered by Gemini 1.5 Flash, provides preliminary triage and advice based on symptoms.
• Prescription Scanner: scan handwritten prescriptions using advanced OCR to digitize them and find affordable generic alternatives (Jan Aushadhi).
• Medicine Search: Search database of 150+ medicines for usage, side effects, and pricing.
• Nearby Help: Locate nearby hospitals and pharmacies with integration to map services.
• Multi-language Support: Fully localized interface for English, Hindi, Telugu, and more.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Frontend

• Web: Next.js (App Router), TypeScript, Tailwind CSS
• Mobile: React Native (Expo), NativeWind

Backend & AI

• API: FastAPI (Python)
• Database & Auth: Supabase
• AI Models:
  • Symptom Analysis: Google Gemini 1.5 Flash
  • OCR: Custom OCR pipeline (EasyOCR / PaddleOCR)
  • Speech-to-Text: Whisper / Web Speech API (for voice input)

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js (v18+)
• Python (v3.10+)
• Supabase Account
• Gemini API Key

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Jitheswar/ruralAi.git
   cd ruralAi

2. Install Dependencies:

   # Install root and workspace dependencies
   npm install

3. Setup Environment Variables:

   • Copy .env.example to .env.local in apps/web and apps/mobile.
   • Configure your Supabase URL, Anon Key, and Gemini API Key.

Running the Application

Run all services (Turbo):

npm run dev

Run specific services:

• Web Dashboard: npm run dev --filter=web (Runs on http://localhost:3000)
• API Server:

  cd apps/api
  pip install -r requirements.txt
  uvicorn main:app --reload

  (Runs on http://localhost:8000)
• Mobile App: npm run start --filter=mobile

📂 Project Structure

ruralAi/
├── apps/
│   ├── api/            # FastAPI backend & AI services
│   ├── mobile/         # React Native mobile app (Expo)
│   └── web/            # Next.js web dashboard
├── packages/
│   └── shared/         # Shared TypeScript types & utilities
├── supabase/           # Database migrations & configuration
└── ...

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.