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The World Health Organization (WHO), IDB and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) released version 2.0 of its "Artificial Intelligence in Public Health Readiness Assessment Toolkit," highlighting how countries can gauge their preparedness to implement AI projects into their public health strategies. The toolkit aims to help countries understand how to integrate AI into their health systems by providing a framework for analyzing various aspects of their infrastructure, data management, public engagement, evaluation, implementation, workforce and funding. The 62-page report consists of 10 sections, which include questions for countries to assess their readiness to implement AI and considerations and guiding principles for successful implementation.
Earlier this year, it announced the launch of a generative AI platform dubbed S.A.R.A.H., or Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health. The genAI platform can communicate in eight languages and is designed to provide information on major health topics like healthy lifestyle habits and mental health.Topics S.A.R.A.H. touches on include cancer, lung disease, diabetes and heart disease. It can also educate individuals on quitting tobacco, living an active lifestyle, eating a healthy diet and relieving stress. Additionally, in 2022, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) began working on an artificial intelligence program, Bridge2AI. Through the program, $130 million will be invested over four years into accelerating the use of AI in biomedical and behavioral health research.
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