The International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is a Canadian Crown corporation established in 1970 to invest in knowledge, innovation, and solutions that improve the lives of people in the developing world.

They support research to address key development challenges such as poverty reduction, economic growth, and accountable governance.

IDRC works with researchers, communities, and policymakers to build evidence, generate new ideas, and develop effective solutions that can be scaled up and sustained over time.

Official website: https://www.idrc.ca/

AI4GH project

Artificial Intelligence for Global Health (AI4GH) is a CAD$15.5 million investment from IDRC to fund researchers in the Global South to strengthen health systems using contextualized responsible artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.

This five-year initiative focuses on improving sexual, reproductive and maternal health for women and girls, as well as supporting more effective and equitable preparedness and responses to epidemics and pandemics.

The AI4GH initiative supports work in the following areas:

• Global network for implementation research on epidemic and pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.  
• Regional implementation research hubs on sexual, reproductive and maternal health. [Africa | Asia | Latin America and the Caribbean | Middle East and North Africa].  
• Supporting responsible AI research and innovations: including gender and intersectional analyses. 
• Representative data sets from LMICs: on sexual, reproductive and maternal health. 
• Commercialization of AI solutions in [Asia | Latin America and the Caribbean | Africa].
• Knowledge Exchange and Translation to supporting collaboration, capacities and knowledge translation across all AI4GH projects to position for influence. 

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