Centre Launches AI Health Initiatives: SAHI and BODH

On 17th February 2026, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched two pioneering digital health initiatives- SAHI and BODH, during the India AI Impact Summit 2026.

SAHI (Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare for India)

  • National Guidance Framework: It is a national guidance framework designed to enable the safe, ethical, evidence-based, and inclusive adoption of AI across India’s healthcare system.
  • Aim: To provide strategic direction on governance, data stewardship, validation, deployment, and monitoring of AI solutions.
  • Governance & Ethics: Establishes clear guardrails to ensure AI assists doctors rather than replacing them, maintaining the sanctity of the physician-patient relationship.
  • Standardisation: Offers a ....
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