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One Size (Doesn’t) Fit All: A Closer Look
at FemTech Apps and Datafed
Reproductive Body Projects in India
Paro Mishra, Ravinder Kaur, and Shambhawi Vikram
Introduction
Te contemporary times are witnessing adoption of digital technologies
for health wearables, implantables, sensors, mobile and web applications
(popularly known as apps) and imaging/screening devices at a warp
speed. Tese digital health technologies operate at a diverse scale, ranging
from macro-level medical research, public health infrastructures, clinical
health care to more micro-level practices of self-care and wellness. With
an increase in multistakeholderism and technological innovation such
products are increasingly centralised and connected through Artifcial
Intelligence. In this paper, we focus on a small but highly popular
P. Mishra (*)
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi, India
e-mail: paro.mishra@iiitd.ac.in
R. Kaur
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
S. Vikram
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India