Foreword Health is the hidden engine of every thriving economy. It fuels productivity, drives innovation and builds resilience. When health is strong, societies grow, businesses prosper and economies thrive. Yet health systems worldwide remain under strain, overburdened by chronic disease, ageing populations and rising costs. Too much of our effort is still spent treating illness instead of keeping people healthy. The question we must now ask is simple but urgent: what is preventing prevention? Fragmented systems, limited resources and isolated adoption of innovation continue to hold us back. Yet the tools to change this are already in our hands. With AI as the “engine”, data as the “fuel” and policy as the “platform”, we can turn insights into life-changing action. As we look to the future, governments must act as platform-builders for health, creating environments where innovation can be scaled responsibly and equitably. Abu Dhabi is building an intelligent health system designed to deliver prevention and personalization at a population scale – a system that can “Predict–Prevent–Act to Cure and to Restore”, the official framework of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi’s intelligent health system. At the core of Abu Dhabi’s intelligent health system is the integration of a wide variety of datasets, including health, genotype, phenotype, lifestyle and environmental. The system then turns these into real-time insights and life-changing actions for the population of Abu Dhabi.As a result, we are already seeing measurable impact. For example, through predictive modelling we have lowered the breast-cancer screening age and significantly increased early detection rates, while AI-driven insurance-claim monitoring has reduced waste and fraud, freeing resources. Today, Abu Dhabi is a living lab for the world, providing a platform to build, test and scale the next generation of health solutions. By aligning innovation with system-wide integration, it ensures that breakthroughs move beyond pilots and into practice, improving lives at scale. True transformation happens when innovation meets scale. Health system intelligence is about laying infrastructure that enables system-wide improvements at every level. Looking ahead, it becomes the foundation on which future digital health innovations can integrate and scale faster than ever before. It is making prevention and personalized health a reality in Abu Dhabi, and is a replicable model for health systems worldwide. Mansoor Ibrahim Al Mansoori Chairman, Department of Health – Abu DhabiNoura Al Ghaithi Undersecretary, Department of Health – Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is building an intelligent health system designed to deliver prevention and personalization at a population scale. A New Era for Digital Health: Abu Dhabi’s Leap to Health Intelligence 4

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