Health

Celia Pizzuto17 September 2024 / Global Summit, Health
The AI for Good Global Summit recently featured a riveting session moderated by Taryn Southern,...
  • 17 September 2024
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Celia Pizzuto27 August 2024 / Global Summit, Health
During the AI for Good Global Summit, Unbabel’s co-founder and Chief Executive, Vasco Pedro, showcased...
  • 27 August 2024
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Tara Imalingat, MSc in Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy Candidate, Kings College London27 March 2024 / AI for Good, Health, Innovation & Creativity, Youth
In the global discussions on AI and digital health, the Special Rapporteur on the Right...
  • 27 March 2024
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Elizaveta Agurbash26 March 2024 / AI for Good, Health, Innovation & Creativity, Innovation Factory
The International Telecommunication Union's AI for Good Innovation Factory is a competition that supports start-ups...
  • 26 March 2024
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The 2024 World Economic Forum meeting in Davos event marked a significant milestone in the...
  • 22 January 2024
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Elizaveta Agurbash  11 December 2023 / AI for Good, Health, Innovation & Creativity, Robotics for Good
In the challenging landscape of dementia care, anticipated to skyrocket to 55 million people worldwide,...
  • 11 December 2023
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Six months from now, innovators dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) will reconnect with investors and...
  • 1 December 2023
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Data scientists are developing prediction models on the Zindi platform to find the best data-driven...
  • 27 September 2023
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26 September 2023 / AI for Good, Health
At the International Telecommunication Union, the topic of “Dental Diagnostics and Digital Dentistry” (TG-Dental) is...
  • 26 September 2023
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Lindgard Buder3 March 2023 / Health, Inclusivity
Advancements in AI have the potential to revolutionize healthcare by improving our ability to generate...
  • 3 March 2023
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The integration of AI in robotics has the potential to create machine learning agents capable...
  • 7 February 2023
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24 January 2023 / Health
Autonomous mobile clinics (AMCs) are self-driving vehicles equipped with medical diagnostic technologies, telemedicine capability and...
  • 24 January 2023
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Irina Timoshenko13 December 2022 / Ethics, Health, Justice & Strong Institutions, Robotics for Good
The need to solve complex technical problems with joint action has long been a challenge...
  • 13 December 2022
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The latest ITU AI For Good Innovation Factory is supporting start-ups that are using artificial...
  • 25 November 2022
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Pierre-Adrien Hanania and Sarah Kennedy, Capgemini19 October 2022 / Disaster Management, Environment & Climate change, Health, Innovation & Creativity, Smart Cities
Forests are crucial in our fight against the climate crisis Since 1990, the area of...
  • 19 October 2022
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Last week marked the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Held every October 13, the...
  • 19 October 2022
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The new State of AI in Africa Report created by the AI Media Group from...
  • 14 July 2022
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Erin Kalejs22 June 2022 / Health, Innovation & Creativity
Mental health matters. According to the World Health Organization, (WHO) 1 in 8 people in...
  • 22 June 2022
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World Oceans Day is a great opportunity to remind us about the important responsibility we...
  • 8 June 2022
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As robots move from pure imagination to rapid implementation in more and more facets of...
  • 7 June 2022
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Erin Kalejs27 May 2022 / Education, Ethics, Health, Inclusivity
From imagining possible digital futures to building and designing solutions for today, the Generation Connect...
  • 27 May 2022
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From monitoring environmental changes and measuring waste, to predicting poverty and even helping health workers...
  • 13 May 2022
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Wang Xinhui, General Manager of Wireless Standardization, and Industrial Relations, ZTE25 February 2022 / Data, Digital Economy, Environment & Climate change, Health, Innovation & Creativity
Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing at an increasingly rapid pace. New technological applications and systems...
  • 25 February 2022
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ITU News26 January 2022 / Health, Pandemic
Even before the world began to grapple with COVID19, many turned to Artificial Intelligence (AI)...
  • 26 January 2022
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US President Joe Biden recently announced a goal for 70 per cent of the adult...
  • 7 May 2021
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19 February 2021 / Health, Inclusivity
Can simple digital tools lead to healthier lives for children, adolescents, and mothers? In Tanzania...
  • 19 February 2021
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10 February 2021 / Health, Inclusivity
Even before the world began to grapple with COVID-19, many turned to artificial intelligence to fast-track...
  • 10 February 2021
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23 December 2020 / Health, Machine Learning in 5G
The ITU Journal is inviting contributions to five upcoming special issues on Bio-NanoThings for healthcare,...
  • 23 December 2020
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12 November 2020 / Health, Inclusivity, Robotics for Good
*The following Cities Today article has been reposted with the publisher's kind permission. The original...
  • 12 November 2020
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30 September 2020 / Health, Pandemic
As the world races to control the spread of COVID-19 and find a vaccine, what...
  • 30 September 2020
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7 September 2020 / Health, Pandemic
A new ad-hoc group within the ITU-WHO Focus Group on Artificial Intelligence for Health aims to establish best practices...
  • 7 September 2020
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13 May 2020 / Food, Health
For decades, the number of hungry people was declining. This isn’t true anymore. The COVID-19...
  • 13 May 2020
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15 April 2020 / Health, Pandemic
Digital health technologies are critical tools in the ongoing fight against the global COVID-19 pandemic....
  • 15 April 2020
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7 April 2020 / Health, Pandemic
Now more than ever, hospitals are under great stress, and the people bearing the brunt...
  • 7 April 2020
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6 April 2020 / Cybersecurity, Health, Pandemic
Contact tracing is a key public health response to limit infectious disease outbreaks such as...
  • 6 April 2020
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2 April 2020 / Health, Pandemic
The Republic of Korea has been successful so far in containing COVID-19 without shutting down...
  • 2 April 2020
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25 February 2020 / Health
We are witnessing a global shift from traditional, reactive healthcare to proactive health and wellbeing/wellness...
  • 25 February 2020
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3 February 2020 / Health
Dr Nick Sireau finally found a way to save his children from decades of disabling...
  • 3 February 2020
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2 October 2019 / Health
The ITU Focus Group on ‘AI for Health’ (FG-AI4H), created in collaboration with the World Health...
  • 2 October 2019
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27 August 2019 / Health
Tingly? Sharp? Electric? Dull? Pulsing? Trying to describe a pain you feel to your doctor...
  • 27 August 2019
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31 May 2019 / Health
Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides unprecedented opportunities to address ongoing challenges that stand in the way...
  • 31 May 2019
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31 May 2019 / Health
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are making a key contribution to innovation in health services...
  • 31 May 2019
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30 May 2019 / Health
Healthcare is a domain for which Artificial Intelligence (AI) is particularly useful. That’s why AI...
  • 30 May 2019
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22 May 2019 / Health
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) underpin today’s digital economy. This is true for many sectors,...
  • 22 May 2019
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11 January 2019 / Health
The global burden of mental illness, both in terms of human suffering and economic loss,...
  • 11 January 2019
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18 December 2018 / Health
Universal Health Coverage Day, commemorated last week, has highlighted the urgent need to provide affordable...
  • 18 December 2018
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23 November 2018 / Health
The ITU-WHO initiative working towards the standardization of a framework for the performance benchmarking of...
  • 23 November 2018
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6 November 2018 / Health
Next week will host the second meeting of the Focus Group on ‘AI for Health’ (FG-AI4H),...
  • 6 November 2018
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15 October 2018 / Education, Health, Inclusivity
To mark the International Day of Rural Women ITU News looks at the work of a female...
  • 15 October 2018
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21 August 2018 / Health
The potential for data-driven medicine and predictive analytics is clear. AI and machine learning are...
  • 21 August 2018
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20 August 2018 / Health
British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged in May that she would invest substantially in Artificial...
  • 20 August 2018
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2 August 2018 / Health
The power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve medical problems in the areas of radiology,...
  • 2 August 2018
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13 June 2018 / Health
As an emerging technology on the front lines of health service delivery, the mobile phone...
  • 13 June 2018
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22 May 2018 / Digital Economy, Ethics, Health
“Health and [artificial intelligence] are natural companions, a very exciting convergence. The health sector is...
  • 22 May 2018
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21 May 2018 / Health
At least half of the world’s population cannot obtain essential health services. But low-cost, easy-to-use technologies powered...
  • 21 May 2018
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16 May 2018 / Health
One device will feature in the ‘tech for good’ projects of every humanitarian organization. The...
  • 16 May 2018
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16 May 2018 / Health, Smart Cities
The terms ‘Big Data’ and ‘Artificial Intelligence’ are becoming commonplace across industries far beyond the...
  • 16 May 2018
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6 April 2018 / Health
Currently half the world does not have access to adequate health services and the burden of poor...
  • 6 April 2018
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5 April 2018 / Health
Rima Arnaout wants to be clear: The AI she created to analyze heart scans, which easily...
  • 5 April 2018
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17 November 2017 / Disaster Management, Food, Health
So far this year, thirteen storms have ravaged the Caribbean, leaving millions of people without...
  • 17 November 2017
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