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Brian Li Han Wong1,2,3, Garry Aslanyan1,4,5, Warisa Panichkriangkrai1,6
1Global Health Diplomacy Institutional Network, The Health Diplomacy Initiative, Stockholm, Sweden.
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers significant potential for global health diplomacy, improving disease surveillance and resource allocation. However, ethical governance and equitable access are crucial to prevent widening health disparities and ensure AI benefits all nations.
Area of Science:
- Global Health
- Health Diplomacy
- Artificial Intelligence Governance
Background:
- Traditional health diplomacy faces challenges with the rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into global health systems.
- Geopolitical shifts and the borderless expansion of AI necessitate a re-evaluation of established diplomatic approaches in global health.
- Insights are drawn from the Prince Mahidol Award Conference 2025 side meeting on "Navigating the Future: AI & Global Health Diplomacy."
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine how artificial intelligence can transform health diplomacy, impacting global health objectives both positively and negatively.
- To explore the potential of AI in enhancing disease surveillance, optimizing resource allocation, and advancing universal health coverage.
- To identify the governance challenges and ethical considerations associated with AI in global health.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of insights from a dedicated conference meeting on AI and global health diplomacy.
- Exploration of the dual potential of AI to empower and disrupt global health objectives.
- Examination of the interplay between social, political, commercial, and digital determinants of health in AI innovation.
Main Results:
- AI promises advancements in disease surveillance, resource allocation, and universal health coverage.
- Inadequate AI governance risks exacerbating inequalities, especially with profit-driven AI or persistent digital divides.
- Effective health diplomacy must incorporate technical literacy, data ethics, and robust regulatory frameworks for equitable AI deployment.
Conclusions:
- AI can significantly enhance global health outcomes if governed ethically and inclusively, but cannot replace human negotiation.
- Future health diplomacy requires agile adaptation and unified strategies to ensure AI promotes equity and planetary well-being.
- Integrating environmental sustainability and cross-sector collaboration is vital for effective AI policies in global health.
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