‘This roundtable will look at how to harness the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) for health, while ensuring a focus on equity and inclusion, and appropriate protections for human rights and privacy. Aligning with WHO’s work to support the digital transformation of health systems, the session aims to foster global collaboration and identify leadership priorities for WHO and partners. Speakers from academia, ministries of health and information and communications technology, the regulatory and private sectors will address key issues, challenges and resources to help inform future WHO digital health and AI strategies.’ ‘Seventy-seventh World Health Assembly Strategic Roundtable Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform global health by providing advanced tools for surveillance, drug development, administration, diagnosis, treatment, and patient care. It can improve access to services, address workforce shortages, and reduce health system costs. But the success of AI depends on governance, equity, data, regulations, policies, and more. ‘The rapid growth of AI underscores the urgent need for this roundtable, which will drive collaboration to harness AI for health, while ensuring a focus on justice and inclusion, and protections for human rights and privacy. ‘Aligning with WHO’s support to countries on the digital transformation of health systems, this roundtable aims to: initiate discussions around a possible renewed Global Strategy on Digital Health and AI (2026-2030), explore priorities for the Global Initiative on AI for Health (GI-AI4H); identify priority areas for guidance, technical support and consensus-building; and distribute responsibilities across stakeholders, including resource mobilization to support Member States in leveraging AI to strengthen health systems. ‘Speakers from academia, ministries of health and information and communications technology, the regulatory and private sectors will review the state of the art of what is possible with AI in health and address key issues, including public-private partnerships, national and regional regulatory oversight, and the investment case for AI in health system strengthening.’ ### Moderator - __Dr. Magdalena Skipper__ ### Panelists - __Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus__ — *WHO Director-General* - __Professor Effy Vayena__ — *Professor of Bioethics and Policy, Swiss Institute of Technology (ETH)* - __Dr. Atul Gawande__ — *Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)* - __H.E. Omar Sultan Al Olama__ — *Minister of State for AI & Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications, United Arab Emirates* - __Mr. Marco Marsella__ — *EU4Health and Health systems modernisation DG SANTE – Health and food safety, European Commission* - __Dr. Karen DeSalvo__ — *Google Chief Health Officer* - __Professor, Dr, med. Mathias Goyen__ — *Chief Medical Officer Oncology GE, HealthCare* *CHD.TV offers a wide range of content pertaining to children's health. We regularly stream hearings, meetings and lectures from the World Economic Forum, National Institutes of Health, World Health Organization and other entities to keep you up to date the tactics and ideologies of those who influence public health, though Children's Health Defense may not have any affiliation with these organizations or individuals.*

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Strategic Roundtable Ending Tuberculosis by 2030

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Strategic Roundtable Ending Tuberculosis by 2030

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