Huawei’s AI-Assisted Technology Services Help Combat COVID-19 in Myanmar
As part of its action plan to help people to fight COVID-19, Huawei is providing technological services in artificial intelligence (AI), video conferencing, and smartphones to Myanmar – a total value of MMK 72,748,562 MMK in contributions.
Huawei has joined hands with the Yangon Regional Government and Ministry of Health and Sports to address on-ground communication challenges, ensuring connectivity, and supporting essential services with innovative technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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Health systems are the first in line to fight the pandemic. Huawei telemedicine practices have developed on-ground use cases for four key scenarios in the fight against the coronavirus Live video streaming, Remote collaboration, Remote diagnosis, and Remote protection, all in active use in live scenarios across nations in the Asia Pacific including Myanmar.
“HUAWEI CLOUD has been working with partners in China to use innovative technologies such as cloud and AI to fight the pandemic and has accumulated practical experience with AI-assisted CT scan analysis, online education, and telecommuting technologies. Now we are putting our best effort to leverage technology to help Myanmar people cope with challenges faced in the midst of this crisis. These solutions will enable health experts to work with frontline medical professionals to conduct remote online consultations, enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of diagnosis and treatment, and ensure continuous communication in real-time between the government and hospitals,” said Mr. Ding Zhaoyi, CEO of Huawei Myanmar.
In Myanmar, Huawei’s Telemedicine Video Conference Solution deployed at the Central Institute of Civil Services (Phaung Gyi), a set-up hospital with the capacity to treat up to 2,000 COVID-19 positive patients and University of Medicine (1) Yangon, which will enable government and medical experts from MOHS with epidemic prevention, multi-collaboration, online consultations, and interactive training that not only enhances diagnosis efficiency but also significantly helps reduce risk of infection for the entire medical team. 
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The Central Institute of Civil Services also installed the HUAWEI CLOUD AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment system, which equipped with a reliable high-speed connection and very low latency will greatly improve the country’s efficiency in fighting the pandemic, and help medical experts by reducing the time to diagnosis the CT result of the patients
At the appreciation ceremony, U Phyo Min Thein, Chief Minister of Yangon Region expressed his appreciation, “Thank you very much for your participation and contribution to help the COVID 19 mitigation efforts. The front-liners have been deeply encouraged by seeing your support, even as Myanmar has become one of the leading countries to manage to stay ahead of the pandemic. Your contribution will make a difference, and I hope that we can maintain our advantage as we fight and control this situation together.”
Based on the HUAWEI CLOUD platform, the AI-assisted diagnosis solutions significantly reduce diagnosis times, enabling faster identification and confirmation of COVID-19 suspected cases, with accurate detection of early, advanced and severe stages of the disease thus saving time for treatment and reducing the backlog.
In the healthcare domain, HUAWEI CLOUD provides EIHealth, which includes services such as viral genome detection, Antiviral drug in silico screening, and AI-assisted CT patient screening service.
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