Barw Barw Medical Journal 2960-1959 2023 05 26 Mitigating the Burden of Meningitis Outbreak; ChatGPT and Google Bard Recommendations for the General Populations: General Practitioners and Pediatricians 10.58742/bmj.v1i2.32 eng Ameer M. Salih Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. ameer.salih@univsul.edu.iq Bilal A. Mohammed Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. bilal.mohammed@gmail.com Karzan M. Hasan Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. karzan.hasan@gmail.com Fattah H. Fattah College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. fattah.fattah@univsul.edu.iq Zana B. Najmadden Research Center, University of Halabja, Halabja, Iraq. zana14@gmail.com Fahmi H. Kakamad College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. fahmi.hussein@univsul.edu.iq Soran M. Ahmed Kalar General Hospital, Kalar, Sulaimani, Kurdistan Region, Iraq . Soran.Ahmed@gmail.com Honar Othman Kareem Smart Health Tower, Madam Mitterrand Street, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq. honar.kareem@gmail.com Shvan H. Mohammed Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. shvanh80@gmail.com Berun A. Abdalla Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. berun.anwer95@gmail.com Suhaib H. Kakamad Kscien Organization for Scientific Research (Middle East office), Hamid Str, Azadi Mall, Sulaimani, Kurdstan, Iraq. suhaib.kakamad@gmail.com 2023 04 15 Abstract Introduction ChatGPT and Bard are large language models, both are artificial intelligence designed to understand natural language and generate human-like responses to text-based inputs. The aim of this study is to assess the ChatGPT and Bard Recommendations for the general populations; general practitioners and pediatricians for reducing the burden of meningitis outbreaks. Methods We asked ChatGPT PLUS and Bard, on 5 April 2023 for their advice and recommendations in controlling the meningitis outbreak, the same question was repeated three times, one for the general population, one for the general practitioners, and the last one for the pediatricians. The responses were recorded, compared assessed. Results ChatGPT and Bard replied to the three questions with general advice including early recognition of the disease, insisting on the vaccination, strict hygiene, infection control strategy, and staying up to date about the latest developments regarding the outbreak. Conclusion ChatGPT and Bard have the potential to be valuable tools for the general population during outbreaks of infectious diseases. However, advanced information for professionals might be impossible to be provided by ChatGPT PLUS and Google Bard at the time being.