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Health AI for All Conference (HICON) 2025 has started in Kathmandu. The conference was organized by the Health AI for All Network (HINET) which was established to generate, exchange and collaborate knowledge in the field of health AI in Nepal and developing countries like Nepal.
Highnet Network's board of directors Three quarters of the members are from developing and developing countries. According to this, Highnet has identified the problems of health services in developing countries and discussed them in detail with the aim of solving them through health AI. The conference was organized.
Nepal's leadership in AI technology development in the health sector With the intention of reaching people living in countries with limited resources and means, Hinet started at the end of 2024 The founding member of the board of directors of the network. Kiranraj Pandey says.
According to him, To bring about significant change in healthcare delivery, improve human health and ensure access to health for all The conference will discuss how health AI can play a role. Likewise, Developing countries like Nepal cooperate to identify their health problems and Collaborating to take ownership of developing health AI will also be a focus of the conference. 'Highnet Network is developing and Developing countries are working to establish their scientific agenda and determine their needs To cooperate Knowledge building, policy initiatives and sharing of science and technology will work, Dr. Pandey said.
Hinet's founding member Dr. In particular, Khanal says the network will work to promote the potential for developing countries to become not only consumers but also producers of health AI technology. This conference will also discuss how health AI technology can help the health system of developing countries. Vinod Bhattarai, a member of the
network and an associate professor at the University of Everdeen, says that the use of AI in the health sector is becoming widespread in developed countries. However, he says that the risk of not getting the benefit of AI technology is the same for patients in places like Nepal and Nepal with well-established sources of health services. According to him, This conference has an important role to play for developing countries like Nepal to prioritize their health problems and take ownership of developing health AI to solve them.
The conference, jointly organized by the Ministry of Health and Population and Nepal Applied Mathematics and Infomatrix (NAMI), will last for 2 days. Experts and speakers from Asia, Africa, North and South America are participating in the conference.
