São Paulo – Brazilian health startup Huna is one of the finalists for the Future Health Challenge award, granted by the Future Challenge initiative from Abu Dhabi, in partnership with MIT Solve, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The finalists were announced this Tuesday (7). On May 19, they will present their projects during the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland. The winner will receive US$200,000, and two runners-up will receive US$50,000 each.
According to information from the United Arab Emirates news agency WAM, the “challenge” proposed by Future Challenge this year was “Building anticipatory health systems through population-level detection,” focusing on the early detection of health issues. Huna has developed a technology that uses artificial intelligence for early cancer detection through the analysis of blood tests.
The Brazilian company will compete for the prize with companies from Japan, Australia, the United States, and Colombia. In total, 393 institutions from 68 countries applied to participate in the Future Health Challenge. Institutions from Nepal, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, and India, which are among the semifinalists and received honorable mentions, will be invited to participate in the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit in October, where they will have access to companies and investors who may learn about their projects.
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