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Season’s Greetings from I-DAIR
We have experienced an exceptional year at I-DAIR from all points of view, with a significant event being the appointment in July of our founder and first CEO, Amb. Amandeep Gill, as UN Tech Envoy.
Geneva Digital Atlas 2.0
I-DAIR is featured in the 2.0 edition of the Geneva Digital Atlas, an initiative of the Geneva Internet Platform and Diplo.
World Health Summit 2022: How to Achieve a Global Health Data Space
How to bridge the global data capacity divide & promote an equitable Global Health Data Space for inclusive research and efficient healthcare?
Join us on 18 October at 9:00 a.m. (CEST) for a World Health Summit session on "How to Achieve a Global Health Data Space".
I-DAIR and partners research optimal approaches to building citizen science intelligence for efficient pandemic preparedness and response
Following their call for feasible, sustainable, and contextualized citizen science, the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) and its partners are now set to evaluate the awareness and readiness of local communities toward digitally-enabled participatory approaches, specifically within the context of pandemic preparedness and response.
Launch of I-DAIR’s Global Research Map of Mental Health and Wellbeing
On World Mental Health Day, the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) will launch the Mental Health and Well-being (MH&W) edition of its Global Research Map (GRM).
I-DAIR and partners’ call for digital health public goods at the UNGA Science Summit
On 22 September, I-DAIR and its global partners conducted two high-level panels at the UNGA77 Science Summit in a session entitled “Artificial Intelligence Research in Health: Tackling Global Challenges as One”, calling for a transition towards digital health public goods.
Enabling the SDGs through data and AI: I-DAIR’s mandate introduced at the UN
On 7 September 2022, the International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) presented its work at the UN Headquarters in New York, demonstrating its relevance and unique position to bridge the digital health and AI knowledge gap and accelerate progress on the 2030 Agenda.
I-DAIR’s Board meets for inaugural session
On Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September, the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) held its inaugural Board meeting in Geneva, Switzerland.
Accelerating progress on the SDGs by empowering researchers and innovators to use data and AI
On 7 September 2022, the International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) will present its work at the UN Headquarters in New York, showcasing its strategic approaches to bridge the digital health knowledge gap and accelerate progress on the SDGs.
I-DAIR receives IDRC grant to promote responsible and gender-responsive AI in global health
The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) has been awarded a four-year CAD 1.2 million grant by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to improve the implementation of responsible and gender-responsive AI in global health in low and lower-middle-income countries (LMICs).
Dr. Mehdi Snène appointed interim CEO of I-DAIR
The International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) is pleased to announce that, effective 15 July 2022, Dr. Mehdi Snène, I-DAIR’ Research and Development Director, has taken over as ad interim CEO.
WHO and I-DAIR to partner for inclusive, impactful, and responsible international research in AI and digital health
The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Digital Health and AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining their joint efforts to advance the use of digital technologies for personal and public health globally.
I-DAIR Governance Advisory Task Force Meets; appoints Dr Christoph Benn as inaugural Board Chair
The Governance Advisory Task Force of the International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) met today under the chairmanship of Dr Steve Davis and approved the composition of I-DAIR’s inaugural Board.
Digital Doses: Healthcare, Technology and a Coalition of the Willing
From delivering specialist services in rural areas to tailoring nutritional interventions for mothers, data and AI hold the key to 21st-century healthcare.
I-DAIR, partner of the 2022 Raisina Dialogue
The Raisina Dialogue is India’s premier conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community.
I-DAIR’s Digital Health and AI Global Research Map (GRM)
On November 24th, 2021, I-DAIR will launch the Global Research Map (GRM) during a hybrid event at the Intercontinental in Geneva (on invitations) with open online participation.
NCID and I-DAIR pledge to jointly foster digital health solutions
Today, the International Digital Health & AI Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) of Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), in Singapore, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a basis for international cooperation in science, technology and innovation, advancing Target 17.6 of the SDG3 on the promotion of Universal Health Coverage.
Tallinn Digital Summit 2021: I-DAIR’s call for a more generous data paradigm
Invited to speak at the 2021 Tallinn Digital Summit, I-DAIR’s CEO and Project Director, Dr. Amandeep Singh Gill, presented his insights on the Global Free Flow of Data and the necessity to move towards a new, more generous and collaborative paradigm for AI and data.
I-DAIR will be attending the Tallinn Digital Summit
I-DAIR's Director, Dr. Amandeep Gill, will be speaking on 7 September, at the Tallinn Digital Summit 2021 on the Global Free Flow of Data and the necessity to move towards a new paradigm of data for health as global public good.
UK invites Global Pandemic Data Alliance to Deliver on S7 Recommendations on Health Emergencies
The UK has invited the Global Pandemic Data Alliance to drive the implementation of the S7 Recommendations to improve safe data access and use for health emergencies.