This can be your “one stop shop” for all authentic and verified health information you would need on various diseases and disease risk factors.

Days after raising concerns and providing guidelines for use of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare information dissemination, WHO has launched its own AI generated prototype for the same.

Calling it S.A.R.A.H, WHO says “it’s a digital health promoter prototype with enhanced empathetic response powered by generative AI”.

The launch comes ahead of World Health Day on April 7. This years theme My Health, My Right.

“S.A.R.A.H. is a Smart AI Resource Assistant for Health that represents an evolution of AI-powered health information avatars, using new language models and cutting-edge technology. It can engage users 24 hours a day in 8 languages on multiple health topics, on any device,” said a WHO statement.

WHO says S.A.R.A.H. is powered by generative AI rather than a pre-set algorithm or script helping her to provide more accurate responses in real-time; engage in dynamic personalized conversations at scale that more accurately mirror human interactions and provide nuanced, empathetic responses to users in a judgment-free environment. ​​The technology is supported by Soul MachinesBiological AI.

WHO’s digital health promoter is trained to provide information across major health topics, including healthy habits and mental health, to help people optimize their health and well-being journey. It aims to provide an additional tool for people to realize their rights to health, wherever they are.

S.A.R.A.H., also known as Sarah, has the ability to support people in developing better understanding of risk factors for some of the leading causes of death in the world, including cancer, heart disease, lung disease, and diabetes. She can help people access up-to-date information on quitting tobacco, being active, eating a healthy diet, and de-stressing among other things.



Previous iterations of S.A.R.A.H. were used to disseminate critical public health messages, under the name Florence, during the COVID-19 pandemic on the virus, vaccines, tobacco use, healthy eating.