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<journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>IJMABHR</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">444</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54660/IJMBHR.2026.7.1.100-106</article-id>
<title-group><article-title>Multiagent AI Systems in Healthcare: A Comparative Study of Nigerian and Russian Healthcare Systems</article-title></title-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Idogho</surname><given-names>Obaro Princewill</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Koshechkin</surname><given-names>Konstantin</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ugwu</surname><given-names>Darlington Chukwuma</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Abraham</surname><given-names>Emmanuel Friday</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Abubakar</surname><given-names>Sakina</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Monago</surname><given-names>Chukwuemeka Kandudi</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aifuobhokhan</surname><given-names>Joy</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Udoh</surname><given-names>Oloche Victor</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff8"/></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Public Health Administration, First Moscow State University, I.M Sechenova, Street, Building 2, 119991, Russian Federation</aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>Center for Digital Medicine, First Moscow State University, I.M Sechenova, Street, Building 2, 119991, Russian Federation</aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>3</label>Department of Pathology, University of Witwatersrand, 29, Princess of Wale Terrace Parktown, Johannesburg, 2092, South Africa</aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>4</label>Department of Nursing Science, University of Calabar, 1115, Calabar Cross River State, 540271, Nigeria</aff>
<aff id="aff5"><label>5</label>Department of Nursing Science, General Hospital Funtua, General Hospital Funtua, Off Zaria Road, Funtua LGA, 830101, Katsina State, Nigeria</aff>
<aff id="aff6"><label>6</label>Medicine and Surgery, Delta State Secretariat Clinic, Mariam Babangida Road, Central Core Area, Asaba, Delta State, 320108, Nigeria</aff>
<aff id="aff7"><label>7</label>Digital Health and Research, Lakeshore Cancer Center,14, Amodu Tijani Close, Victoria Island, Lagos State, 101241, Nigeria</aff>
<aff id="aff8"><label>8</label>Department of Biochemistry, Bayero University Kano, 3011, Gwarzo Road, Kano State, 700006, Nigeria</aff>
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<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>22</day><month>01</month><year>2026</year></pub-date>
<volume>7</volume>
<issue>1</issue>
<fpage>100</fpage>
<lpage>106</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>18</day><month>11</month><year>2025</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>20</day><month>12</month><year>2025</year></date>
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<abstract><p>Multi-Agent AI systems (MAS) have transformative healthcare potentials. However, as a result of different approaches, policies, infrastructural and socio-political challenges, varied applications of MAS have appeared across several countries. This mixed-methods comparative study of MAS application in Nigeria (Lagos) and Russia (Moscow) dives into differing issues such as infrastructural preparedness, legal policies and actual implementation. Whereas Moscow has an advanced healthcare system that employs MAS in telemedicine and preventive medicine, surgeries (such as Da Vinci systems), Lagos implements MAS in diagnosis and EHR (electronic health record system) integration, which could be referred to as foundational applications. This study highlights main adoption challenges, including funding hurdles, gaps in operability and sociocultural resistance, while presenting solutions for improvement- such as FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standards in Nigeria and federated learning pilots in Russia. The study further dives into on how government policies, digital literacy, and local innovation ecosystems shape the effectiveness of MAS adoption in both settings. Lagos and Moscow were chosen as case studies as they are national health and economic innovation hubs, and both locations have remarkable models to emulate for new e-healthcare economies. By reviewing outcomes (efficiency, reduced errors) with qualitative insights (methods), this study could prove a suitable blueprint for implementing and optimizing MAS across a plethora of healthcare systems, with a view to a broader African and Eurasian adoption.</p></abstract>
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