Challenge Future Health Challenge: Building Anticipatory Health Systems through Population Sensing

How can technology-powered sensing shift health systems towards anticipatory models of care that improve outcomes at scale?

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Deadline to Submit:
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Timeline

  • Applications Open

    January 29, 2026 9:00am EST
  • Application Clinic

    February 17, 2026 10:00am EST
  • Solution Deadline

    February 23, 2026 12:00pm EST
  • Screening & Reviews

    February 24, 2026 - March 11, 2026
  • Semifinalists Notified

    March 24, 2026
  • Finalists Announced

    April 7, 2026
  • Finals & Winners Announced

    May 19, 2026

Judging Criteria

  • Alignment: The solution addresses the Challenge and addresses one or more Challenge dimensions.
  • Potential for Impact: The planned solution implementation has the potential to impact the intended population.
  • Feasibility: The team has a realistic, practical plan for implementing the solution, and it is feasible in the given context.
  • Innovative Approach: The solution includes a new technology, a new application of technology, a new business model, or a new process for solving the Challenge.
  • Human-Centered Design: Inclusive & equitable outcomes are considered in the design, implementation, and internal operations of the solution, and the team demonstrates that they have the experience, relationships, data, and knowledge to develop and deliver a successful solution.
  • Scalability: The solution has a plan for financial viability and the potential to be scaled to affect the lives of more people.
  • Partnership Potential: The applicant clearly explains how the solution would benefit from some of the resources that the Solve and Future Health community is positioned to provide, namely at the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit (April 7–9, 2026).
  • Technical Feasibility: If the underlying technology is novel, the applicant has provided convincing evidence that it has been built and functions as they claim it does.

Solutions

Selected

Huna Cancer Navigator

By Daniella Castro
Daniella  Castro
Selected

ThinkMD

By ThinkMD
Ben Russell Jacqueline Rabec Rodney Davis
Selected

VectorCam

By Vector Control Innovations
Sunny Patel
Finalist

Unread Signal

By Katherine Monsalve
Katherine Monsalve
Finalist

SPAQ

By SOIK
Tomoko Ukai
Semi-finalist

Ethnohealth AI

By ENVIRONMENTAL WOMEN ORG
NADIA PAOLA RODRIGUEZ MENDOZA Mauricio Carriazo Montes Jesús González DANIELA CARMONA LUZ ELENA CARMONA MENDOZA
Semi-finalist

Anugami

By Team Anugami
Keshav Sahani
Semi-finalist

FacilityPulse

By eSHIFT Partner Network
Steven Uggowitzer Andrew Karlyn
Semi-finalist

Sovereign Workforce Health

By Nabta Health
Sophie Smith
Semi-finalist

ScanForm

By QED.ai
Leah Goeke William Wu

Judges

Asma Al Mannaei

Asma Al Mannaei

Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Executive Director of the Health and Life Sciences Sector
Alex Shalek

Alex Shalek

MIT, Director, Institute for Medical Engineering & Science; Health Innovation Hub; J. W. Kieckhefer Professor in IMES and the Department of Chemistry
Toyin Ojora Saraki

Toyin Ojora Saraki

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Founder-President; Global health advocate across international platforms (WHO, Save the Children)
Erik Koornneef

Erik Koornneef

Institute for Healthier Living Abu Dhabi (IHLAD), Executive Director Research
Rafael Romanini

Rafael Romanini

M42, Chief Operating Officer, Europe & Latin America, M42, and Group CEO, Diaverum
Maaz Shaikh

Maaz Shaikh

M42, VP of Product Management
Uliana Shchepelina

Uliana Shchepelina

PureHealth, Director – Strategy
Sadia Khuram

Sadia Khuram

PureHealth, Group Chief Strategy Officer
Emily Hill

Emily Hill

Mubadala Bio, Group Strategy Director
Sara Alom Ruiz

Sara Alom Ruiz

Mediclinic, Chief Commercial Officer
Pankaj Paul

Pankaj Paul

Burjeel Holdings, Advisor to the Founder and Chairman; Executive Director of the Burjeel Institute for Global Health
Mohammed Al-Bitar

Mohammed Al-Bitar

Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Advisor - Health and Life Sciences Sector
Francesco Branca

Francesco Branca

Institute of Global Health, Geneva University, Professor
Carolina Batista

Carolina Batista

Baraka Impact Finance, Partner & Head of Global Health
Jacklynne Anyango Ogutu

Jacklynne Anyango Ogutu

World Diabetes Foundation, Head of Digital Health Solutions
Ola Brown

Ola Brown

HealthCap Africa, Founder & Managing Partner
Gajanan Devidas Sakhare

Gajanan Devidas Sakhare

Briota, CEO and Founder
Helena Samsioe

Helena Samsioe

Globhe, CEO and Founder
Marasi Mwencha

Marasi Mwencha

The Global Fund, Head of Supply Chain at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Lisa Leenhouts-Martin

Lisa Leenhouts-Martin

Flowminder Foundation, Board Member