Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Network 2023-2024

1703Revolutionizing health and biotechnology Through application and advocacy, technology can create and secure equitable access to healthcare and improve care systems globally. Understanding the structural restrictions on primary care in Rwanda, the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Rwanda has launched a pilot aimed at supporting community health workers by giving them greater access to information and treatment plans through the adaptation of LLMs and translation models (see case study 5). The centre also aims to establish a centralized, secure repository for Rwanda’s healthcare data. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Telangana in India has launched a Clinical Innovation Sandbox (CIS) to accelerate the clinical and regulatory validation of innovative health tech and medical devices through a partnership with the Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH), and called for proposals to participate in this sandbox programme. In collaboration with the Telangana health ministry, the centre has also launched a clinical registry on haemophilia using software provided by iCaRe. It has identified key hospitals to pilot the initiative, with the goal of using this type of software for all high-burden diseases on the state server in the future. The Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Serbia’s work on biotechnology and genomics has expanded through partnerships and international cooperation, including with the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Israel (see collaborations). Through a partnership with the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering at the University of Belgrade and Roche, the centre has continued its work on public health and biotechnology with a pilot project on a retrospective study of non-small cell lung carcinoma. The centre also hosted a workshop with the Open Data Institute, aimed at creating a responsible ecosystem for health and genetic data-sharing and use, resulting in a report published in 2023. Finally, the centre developed bylaws to support the establishment of a genomic register, which have been submitted to the Ministry of Health for adoption (see case study 6).