Abu Dhabi Health Intelligence Partnership Expands With World Economic Forum Digital Healthcare Transformation

The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and the World Economic Forum are moving into a new phase of cooperation on intelligent health systems and healthy longevity. The programme aims to strengthen preventive and personalised healthcare, while supporting Abu Dhabi’s global role in health innovation and data-driven policy. The focus stays on population-wide impact rather than pilot projects or isolated initiatives.

The latest agreement extends an existing relationship between the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi and the World Economic Forum. The partners confirmed the new phase during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, at the UAE Pavilion. The announcement forms part of Abu Dhabi’s wider engagement with public and private leaders on the future of health systems worldwide.

This stage follows earlier joint work, which produced the white paper, A New Era for Digital Health: Abu Dhabi’s Leap to Health Intelligence. That report describes how Abu Dhabi connects clinical, genomic, lifestyle and environmental datasets. The integrated system is used to predict health risks, prevent disease, and guide policy choices at scale, supporting healthier, longer lives for residents and communities.

The partnership now links closely with several World Economic Forum health programmes that focus on intelligent health systems and healthy longevity. These include the Healthy Longevity Initiative, the Chief Health Officers Community, and the stakeholder-led Partnership for Health System Sustainability and Resilience. Together, these platforms provide channels to share Abu Dhabi’s experience with policymakers, investors and industry leaders worldwide.

Under the next phase, Abu Dhabi continues as a Global Pathfinder in the World Economic Forum’s Digital Healthcare Transformation Initiative. This CEO and minister-led platform brings together more than 200 organisations from healthcare, technology, investment and policy. The group explores how digital tools, artificial intelligence and data can support large-scale system transformation, moving from treatment-led models toward prevention and resilience.

Mansoor Al Mansoori, Chairman of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi, said, "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 personalised and proactive system that cares before it cures, enabling healthier, longer lives at a true population scale."

Planned workstreams will examine how intelligent health systems support public health and wider government decisions, including policies on healthy living and healthy longevity enabled by health intelligence. Dr. Shyam Bishen, Head of the Centre for Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee at the World Economic Forum, said, "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." Collectively, these efforts are expected to deepen international cooperation while reinforcing Abu Dhabi’s role in global health dialogue.

With inputs from WAM