The World Health Organization’s South-East Asia Regional Office has partnered with the Lords Education and Health Society (LEHS), through its Wadhwani AI programme, to support the responsible use of artificial intelligence in India’s public healthcare system.
The two-year collaboration aims to explore how AI technology can improve healthcare services while ensuring patient safety, privacy and fairness.
Two-Year Healthcare AI Collaboration
The agreement will run from November 1, 2026, to October 31, 2028.
The partnership will focus on collecting evidence about how artificial intelligence performs in real healthcare settings. It will also examine the challenges involved in introducing AI technology into government health programmes.
AI to Support Disease Detection and Screening
The collaboration will examine several healthcare applications where AI could support medical professionals, including:
- Disease diagnosis and screening.
- Identification of people at higher health risks.
- Disease tracking and modelling.
- Evaluation of healthcare technology.
- Improving public health programme management.
These applications could help healthcare authorities make better-informed decisions and strengthen health services.
Patient Safety and Data Privacy Remain Priorities
The partnership will also examine important concerns surrounding AI in healthcare, including data privacy, system reliability, cost-effectiveness and equal access to technology.
The organisations plan to prepare technical reports, case studies and training resources for healthcare workers and public health programme managers.
What This Means for India’s Healthcare Sector
The collaboration represents another step towards integrating responsible AI technology into India’s public health system.
If successfully implemented, AI-supported tools could help healthcare professionals improve screening, monitor diseases and make public health services more efficient.
The findings will also be shared with other countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region.
