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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