Artificial Intelligence for Health

ITU, WHO, and WIPO are collaborating to establish standards and drive responsible AI adoption in healthcare worldwide.

Driving Responsible AI 
in Global Health

GI-AI4H sets international standards for safe, accurate AI in healthcare, addressing the need for rigorous validation. It builds on the ITU/WHO Focus Group (FG-AI4H) to ensure trustworthy AI deployment.
Born from 2018’s “AI for Good” talks, this ITU, WHO, and WIPO collaboration creates guidelines and a benchmarking platform for AI health systems. We work with diverse experts to foster responsible AI innovation.

Our Core Activities
  • Enable
    Developing international standards, norms, and policies to guide the ethical and responsible use of AI in healthcare.
  • Facilitate
    Promoting knowledge and data sharing, fostering collaboration, and building a global community of AI for Health experts.
  • Implement
    Promoting knowledge and data sharing, fostering collaboration, and building a global community of AI for Health experts.
Events in 2025
  • 28 Jan - 02 Feb
    Prince Mahidol Award Conference(PMAC) 2025
    Harnessing Technologies in an Age of AI to Build A Healthier World
  • 17-19 March 2025
    Global Initiative of AI for Health(GI-AI4H)
    2nd Annual meeting of the Global Initiative on AI for Health
  • 23-24 April
    WIPO Conversation on AI
    Infrastructure for Rights Holders and Innovation
  • 19 - 27 May
    World Health Assembly
    The 78th World Health Assembly: One World for Health
  • 8-11 July
    AI for Good Summit
    Driving Responsible AI in Global Health
  • September
    AI Regulatory and International Symposium(AIRIS)
    Use of AI in medical product development
Advancing the AI for Health Framework
Building on the work of FG-AI4H, we are establishing a comprehensive framework with standards for horizontal and vertical applications of AI in healthcare.
Working Groups
Working groups (WGs) consider cross - cutting subject matters that affect a specific aspect of an AI health application, such as ethics, governance, regulations, etc.
  • WG-Evaluation

    Evaluation of AI for health

    Co-chairs: Kassandra Karpathakis (Gates Foundation, US)​, Eva Weicken (Fraunhofer HHI, Germany)

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  • WG-Data

    Data

    Co-chairs: Luis Oala (Dotphoton AG​, CH), Marc Lecoultre (MLlab.AI, CH)

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  • WG-Ethics

    Ethical considerations on AI for health

    Co-Chairs: ​Rohit Malpani (RSTMH, France) Andreas Reis (WHO, CH)​

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  • WG-RC

    Regulatory considerations on AI for health

    Co-chairs:​ Dean Ho (UNS​, Sing​apore​), Ricardo Baptista Leite(HEALTH AI, CH)

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  • WG-IP

    Intellectual Property on AI for health

    Co-chairs: Siddhartha Prakash(WIPO, CH),Nancy Pignataro (WIPO, US)

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Topic Groups
These groups focus on developing AI solutions tailored to specific medical domains, driving innovation in diagnosis, treatment, and management.
Open Code Initiative
The Open Code Initiative worked to implement the building blocks of the FG-AI4H assessment platform as a digital public good, which will support the end-to-end assessment of AI for health algorithms under consideration of regulatory guidelines and the needs of all AI for health stakeholders.
Engage with the GI-AI4H Community

Join a global network of experts, researchers, and practitioners dedicated to advancing AI for Health. Explore opportunities to collaborate, contribute to standards development, and shape the future of healthcare through active participation in our working groups, topic groups, and community forums. An ITU account is required for access. Please follow the Register Guidance (https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/ai4h/Pages/reg3.aspx) if you don’t have one yet.

Collaboration Site

Collaboration Site

Access working documents, meeting minutes, and contribute to collaborative discussions. Join the active community shaping the future of AI in health.
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Mailing Lists

Mailing Lists

Stay informed about upcoming events, key developments, and opportunities to contribute. Subscribe to our mailing lists to receive regular updates.
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Frequently asked questions
We address common questions below. If you have other questions, please contact us by email.

You can attend workshops and meetings online or onsite. They are open to all. Participation is free of charge. We also communicate everything on the mailing list of
FG-AI4H.

Where possible, travel by experts from low-income or middle-income countries can be funded, with a grant provided by Fondation Botnar. Find further information
here.