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Approximately 83% of clinical trial sites concentrate in just 25 high-income countries, leaving the Global South largely excluded from the evidence base that shapes global medicine. At the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin, AWS convened leaders from Hospital Sírio-Libanês, PATH, BIO Ventures for Global Health, Konvergenz Network Solutions, and the European Medicines Agency to examine why and chart a path forward. The frameworks and tools exist; what’s needed now is institutional commitment and collaborative action.

Extreme heat events across Sub-Saharan Africa put pregnant and postpartum mothers at serious risk. AWS and Jacaranda Health built an open-source, event-driven serverless system that detects extreme heat days in advance and delivers personalized weather alerts via SMS to more than 240,000 mothers. The solution shows what’s possible when cloud-native architecture, generative AI, and deep domain expertise come together to give every mother the knowledge she needs to protect herself and her baby.

The World Health Organization estimates that one in seven adolescents lives with a mental health condition, but access to care is limited. AWS is helping social enterprises close this gap with AI and cloud technology — from 3R Innovation’s Dr. Simon AI tool that supports 500,000 students with early detection, to Enrichly’s pediatric behavioral health infrastructure reaching 200,000 children. Learn how AWS customers are closing gaps in mental health access, reducing stigma, and meeting people where they are.

Learn Fresh’s NBA Math Hoops program teaches math and social skills to students ages 8 to 14 through the excitement of basketball. With support from the AWS Education Equity Initiative, Learn Fresh is using AI and cloud technology to bring the program to 10,000 students across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Egypt by 2027. Here’s how AWS, Learn Fresh, and NBA Africa are working together to scale a proven learning experience to students who need it most.