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Collaborating with governments, public, private, and international organizations, as well as global health leaders, HealthAI focuses on AI governance and regulation to ensure that AI transforms healthcare for all, not just the privileged few.
Positioned at the intersection of healthcare, artificial intelligence, and policy, HealthAI aims to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and accessibility, particularly for low- and middle-income countries.
By fostering trust, governance, and collaboration, HealthAI is shaping a future where health technologies benefit every population worldwide.
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Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of HealthAI, announced as 2024-2025 Obama Foundation Leader
Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of ‘HealthAI - The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health’ is among 205 global leaders selected to join the Obama Foundation Leaders program. The program trains participants worldwide in leadership development and civic engagement to help them build their skills and scale their work across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
HealthAI in the News
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Wellbeing for all, not a few: For AI to bridge health gaps, it must stop perpetuating them
London Daily News, March 2025 - It requires dedicated and systematic attention to ensure that past inequities faced by underprivileged populations don’t continue to be carried forward, supersizing disparities in medical care and creating a cycle that perpetuates across generations.
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Wellbeing for all, not a few: For AI to bridge health gaps, it must stop perpetuating them
HealthTechWorld, March 26, 2025 - Access to essential health solutions remains out of reach for over half of the world’s population, with nearly 1.3 billion people spiralling deeper into poverty due to medical costs…
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HealthAI Expands Global Initiative to Advance Responsible AI Adoption in Health
Key Points:
- New round for Pioneer Country applications.
- Focus on equitable AI in health systems.
- Apply by March 31, 2025, via HealthAI website. -
Dr. Alberto-Giovanni Busetto, Interview Series...
I’m driven by the question: How can we make AI not just smarter, but truly useful where it matters most—improving people’s lives? At HealthAI, I have the opportunity to shape how we think about AI in health…
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HealthAI Expands Global Initiative: Call for Expression of Interest from Pioneer Countries
Due to widespread international demand, HealthAI is expanding its reach and formally inviting countries from across the globe to express their interest in becoming a Pioneer Country in its Global Regulatory Network…
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The rise of AI in LMICs: A new era for global healthcare
Health systems in wealthier countries are struggling, trapped in outdated approaches that fail to meet today’s needs. With a disproportionate focus on reacting to diseases rather than preventing them, the lack of systemic reform continues to undermine long-term public health outcomes…
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Ricardo Baptista Leite: "It is not acceptable that...
Ricardo Baptista Leite: “It is not acceptable that there are still people that don’t have access to health care with the vast amount of resources and technology available in the world!”
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“Artificial Intelligence Opens a New Era of Patient Care..."
“Artificial Intelligence Opens a New Era of Patient Care, Need to Establish Global Governance”
Dr Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of HealthAI, made these remarks in a lecture titled “Challenges and Opportunities for Global Governance of AI in Healthcare,” …
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The Regulator’s Dilemma
“What concerns me most is that humanity could let fear stop us from harnessing the potential that AI can offer patients, families, healthcare workers, and local economies,” says Dr. Ricardo Baptista Leite, MD, CEO of HealthAI—The Global Agency for Responsible AI in Health.
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Ensuring Ethical AI Implementation: HealthAI Launches Global Community of Practice
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can save lives – but “we need to get the regulations right,” according to Dr Ricardo Baptista Leite, CEO of HealthAI, the agency responsible for artificial intelligence in health.
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Interview: Ricardo Baptista Leite, HealthAI and UNITE Parliamentarians Network for Global Health
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Ensuring Ethical AI Implementation: HealthAI Launches Global Community of Practice
To address the urgent need for the robust regulation of AI in the healthcare sector, HealthAI has initiated a worldwide community of practice (CoP), the organisation said last week.
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Health AI: Geneva Initiative Launches Global Agency to Support Artificial Intelligence Regulation
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Geopolitics of Global Health (Part 1)
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HealthAI will promote the discussion around the use of AI in healthcare - with INESC TEC contribution
Improving the countries' capacity to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector - this is the primary objective of HealthAI, a non-profit organisation that INESC TEC has joined as a member of the Community of Practice.