"In a major effort to close the global health equity gap, the Gates Foundation and OpenAI are partnering on "Horizon1000," a collaborative initiative designed to integrate artificial intelligence into healthcare systems across Sub-Saharan Africa. Backed by a joint $50 million commitment in funding, technology, and technical support, the partnership aims to equip 1,000 primary healthcare clinics with AI tools by 2028, Bill Gates announced in a statement on his Gates Notes, where he detailed how he sees AI playing out as a "gamechanger" for expanding access to quality care."
""A few years ago, I wrote that the rise of artificial intelligence would mark a technological revolution as far-reaching for humanity as microprocessors, PCs, mobile phones, and the Internet," Gates wrote. "Everything I've seen since then confirms my view that we are on the cusp of a breathtaking global transformation.""
"The impetus for Horizon1000, Gates said, is a desperate and persistent shortage of healthcare workers in poorer regions, a bottleneck that threatens to stall 25 years of progress in global health. While child mortality has been halved and diseases like polio and HIV are under better control, the lack of personnel remains a critical vulnerability."
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are launching Horizon1000 to integrate AI into primary health care across Sub‑Saharan Africa, beginning operations in Rwanda and working directly with African leaders. A combined $50 million in funding, technology, and technical support will back deployment of AI tools to 1,000 clinics and surrounding communities by 2028. The program aims to ensure developing regions receive new technologies without long delays. Horizon1000 targets a severe shortage of healthcare workers—nearly six million in Sub‑Saharan Africa—that threatens to slow progress in reducing child mortality and controlling diseases such as polio and HIV.
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