Andhra Pradesh Deepens Gates Foundation Partnership to Accelerate AI in Healthcare

The collaboration builds on Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s “Healthy Andhra Pradesh” vision and follows ongoing engagement between the state government and the Gates Foundation.

Andhra Pradesh has intensified its partnership with the Gates Foundation to accelerate AI in Healthcare reforms, expand digital health infrastructure, and strengthen predictive public health systems. During his visit to Amaravati, Bill Gates reviewed the state’s technology-led governance model and discussed scaling AI-enabled healthcare solutions statewide.

The collaboration builds on Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s “Healthy Andhra Pradesh” vision and follows ongoing engagement between the state government and the Gates Foundation.

Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav has stated that the partnership aims to move healthcare delivery from a reactive treatment model to a preventive and predictive framework. Gates’ visit marks his third to the state and reflects renewed momentum around technology-driven public service reforms.

At the Secretariat, Gates inspected the Real-Time Governance System (RTGS), where officials demonstrated how integrated data platforms monitor service delivery in real time. The government plans to link health data streams with the RTGS “Aware” platform to enable early detection of disease outbreaks and support evidence-based policymaking.

A key initiative under review was the ‘Sanjeevani’ programme, an integrated digital health monitoring system developed in collaboration with Tata MD.

Initially piloted in Kuppam and expanded across the Chittoor district, Sanjeevani connects multiple health centres through a unified digital backbone to enable real-time public health surveillance and patient record digitisation. “The programme integrates various health centres through technology to strengthen real-time public health surveillance and response,” the Minister said.

The state has also introduced plans for early disease detection systems, personalised health profiling, advanced warning mechanisms for potential illnesses, individual health cards, and expanded telemedicine services.

These measures are designed to improve nutritional security, widen access to affordable care, and strengthen rural outreach using AI-enabled diagnostics and wearable monitoring devices.

On the policy front, discussions on shaping a broader national AI-based health framework were initiated in Vijayawada last December in partnership with the Gates Foundation and representatives from other states.

To institutionalise analytics-driven decision-making, the state is establishing a Digital Modelling and Intelligence Decision Centre (DMIDC) at Dr NTR University of Health Sciences with support from the Gates Foundation. The centre will focus on advanced data modelling, disease surveillance, and strategic health planning.

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