The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH) and the World Economic Forum (WEF) have announced the next stage of a partnership to advance intelligent health systems and healthy longevity.
This move further solidifies Abu Dhabi’s standing as a global frontrunner in preventive and personalized healthcare.
The partnership was signed during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, at the UAE Pavilion, as part of Abu Dhabi’s continued engagement with global leaders to help shape the future of health.
The announcement follows the culmination of the previous phase of the partnership between the DoH and the WEF, which resulted in the co-authored white paper, A New Era for Digital Health: Abu Dhabi’s Leap to Health Intelligence.
The paper outlines how Abu Dhabi has built a system that connects clinical, genomic, lifestyle, and environmental data to predict risk, prevent disease, and inform policy at the population scale.
Mansoor Al Mansoori Chairman – Department of Health – Abu Dhabi
“Today’s health systems are rich in individual innovation but held back by silos and a traditionally reactive approach. Through our collaboration with the World Economic Forum, we are shifting the global paradigm toward intelligent health infrastructure. Our goal is to build a personalized and proactive system that cares before it cures, enabling healthier, longer lives at a true population scale.”
Dr. Shyam Bishen, Head of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum, said that, “Abu Dhabi is demonstrating how digital health, data, and AI can be applied at system scale to deliver real-world impact.”
“By sharing these lessons globally, this work can help leaders move from isolated digital initiatives to more connected, preventive and resilient health systems – enabling healthy longevity across countries and the world,” Dr. Bishen added.
As part of this next phase, Abu Dhabi will continue its role as a Global Pathfinder within the WEF’s Digital Healthcare Transformation (DHT) Initiative, an international CEO and minister-led platform that brings together more than 200 organizations across healthcare, technology, policy and investment to accelerate health system transformation worldwide, re-imagining health through digital, AI, and data-driven innovation at scale.
