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World Health Organization (WHO) announces new Collaborating Centre on AI for Health Governance

Posted 12 Mar 2025

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WHO designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as a WHO Collaborating Centre on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Health Governance. 

  • It will be instrumental in WHO’s efforts to ensure the ethical and responsible use of AI for health by advancing research on priority topics and providing expert input for policy-making. 
An infographic listing ethical principles for use of AI for health

AI in Healthcare

  • Predictive modelling: Analysis of patients' medical history, genetic information etc. to predict susceptibility to certain diseases or progression of existing conditions.
  • Research and Development: Accelerated drug and vaccine discovery with planning and execution of targeted clinical trials.
  • Disease Diagnosis and Monitoring: Patient screening, accurate medical image recognition and precision medicine.
  • Care Economy: Help manage ageing through virtual assistant chatbots, pattern recognition and utilizing advancements in preventive healthcare.  

Challenges to AI in healthcare

  • Data security and privacy issues: AI in healthcare generates and stores vast amounts of sensitive personal and medical information, making data security a concern.
  • Algorithmic bias: Risks increasing disparities through reinforcement of existing biases for certain individuals or groups.
  • Fragmented regulatory framework: Lack of clear regulation and rising public distrust in AI raises the question of fixing responsibilities.
  • Tags :
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Health Governance
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