Google.org Awards $2.5m for Clinical AI Deployment in Nigeria.
Emma Okonji Nigerian health tech startup, Helium Health, has received a $2.5 million (N 3.4 billion) grant from Google.org to deploy clinical AI models into primary maternal healthcare in Nigeria.
Helium Health was selected as the only Nigerian organisation among 15 global recipients in the $30 million Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Government Innovation, which supports organisations partnering with governments to improve public services.
Alongside the funding to deploy clinical AI models into primary maternal healthcare, the cohort will participate in a dedicated Google.org Accelerator to receive support from Google engineers and AI product experts.
Speaking about the grant, CEO of Helium Health, Dimeji Sofowora, said: “For the past decade, Helium Health has been building the technology and partnerships needed to improve healthcare delivery across Africa. Through our maternal health initiatives, we’ve already reached over 3.5 million women, and Google.org’s support gives us an opportunity to build on that foundation, scale what works, and reach even more women with quality maternal healthcare.” Head of Public Health at Helium Health, Dr. Shona Oluwatola, said: “Nigeria accounts for nearly three in every ten maternal deaths globally. Behind every maternal death is a woman whose family expected her to come home.
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