​​​​​​​​​​​​Sameer Pujari

​​​​​​​​​​​​Sameer Pujari

Sameer led the development and negotiations with 194 countries on the WHO Global Strategy on Digital health and is currently leading all initiatives on Ai for health at the Digital health and innovations department of WHO, he is also the Vice chair – WHO and ITU Focus group on AI4 Health

Sameer joined WHO headquarters in Geneva in Feb 2008. With WHO, he has worked extensively on Digital Health including mHealth, Big Data and AI and setup several digital global initiatives. He has provided in country support in over 75+ countries across all WHO regions of WHO & has provided oversight for work with several partners. Has contributed close to 100 publications, guidance and reports on digital health and Ai and is a core digital enthusiast and has been coveted with the WHO DGs reward for excellence in 2016 and the Greenpeace Innovations Award in 2018 for his work.

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