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Davos Spotlight | EVYD, Ministry of Health Brunei Darussalam and Novartis Foundation Launch National AI-Powered Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Initiative
At the 2026 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Dr. Giovanni Caforio, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Novartis, announced a major new partnership: the Novartis Foundation, the Ministry of Health of Brunei Darussalam, and EVYD Technology will jointly implement an AI- and data-enabled national cardiovascular disease prevention initiative under the global program: CARDIO4Cities.
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