FOGSI Partners with Koita Foundation to Launch AI-Driven Maternal Care Center

The new center will focus on increasing digital adoption among practitioners, building clinical data repositories and supporting AI-based tools for risk assessment in pregnancy.

The Federation of Obstetric and Gynaecological Societies of India (FOGSI) has announced a partnership with the Koita Foundation to set up a dedicated Centre for Digital Maternal Care.

This partnership is aimed at training doctors, digitising clinics and using artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce maternal mortality in the country.

The agreement, formalised through a memorandum of understanding signed in Mumbai, comes as India continues efforts to bring down its maternal mortality ratio (MMR), currently estimated at 88 per 100,000 live births.

FOGSI represents more than 45,000 gynaecologists and obstetricians across the country, with a majority running their own nursing homes. At present, only about 20% of members have digitised medical practices.

The new centre will focus on increasing digital adoption among practitioners, building clinical data repositories and supporting AI-based tools for risk assessment in pregnancy.

“By collecting maternal health parameters over time, we will be able to stratify risk more effectively and identify complications earlier,” said FOGSI past president Dr. Jaydeep Tank.

He added that data-driven insights could improve clinical decisions if enough records are digitised and analysed at scale.

Incoming FOGSI president Dr. Bhaskar Pal said doctors will need to integrate digital technologies into practice to remain relevant.

“AI will not replace doctors, but doctors who do not use AI in the next five years will be replaced,” he said, underscoring the pace of change expected in medical practice.

Dr. Suvarna Khadilkar, another senior FOGSI member, noted that India has moved from maternal mortality in the “three-digit” range to under 90 in recent years, but more progress is required. “Our goal is to reach 70 per 100,000, and this is possible with the support of AI,” she said.

Rizwan Koita, who heads the Koita Foundation, said maternal and child care remain among India’s most pressing health concerns. He stated that the foundation will help integrate digital technologies with maternal healthcare delivery through the centre.

The initiative follows Koita Foundation’s earlier collaborations with medical bodies to create digital oncology and diabetology centres.

Officials said the new maternal care centre will be structured along similar lines, focusing on clinician training, workflow digitisation and building data systems that can support AI-driven applications.

The current low level of digitisation in smaller clinics and nursing homes presents a significant hurdle. Ensuring interoperability, standardising data collection and protecting patient privacy are expected to be key challenges as the programme scales.

The FOGSI-Koita collaboration marks the first attempt by a national gynaecology body to institutionalise AI-driven maternal health strategies at scale.

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