EssentialTech Centre at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland 

Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer death among women in low- and middle-income countries, where access to screening is often limited. smartCervix is an AI-powered smartphone solution designed to improve early detection of pre-cancerous cervical lesions and enable the WHO-recommended same-day “test–triage–treat” approach.
EssentialTech is preparing smartCervix for clinical implementation in Cameroon, working with health authorities and clinicians to support sustainable integration and future scale-up across sub-Saharan Africa. 

Dystonia Europe and University Hospital of Skåne, Malmö, Sweden 

Dystonia Physio is a digital platform expanding access to personalised physiotherapy for people living with cervical dystonia, a condition causing involuntary and often painful neck and head movements. 
The platform offers personalised care at scale, enabling physiotherapists to create individualised exercise programmes from a library of 115 animated, 3D-modelled exercises, which patients can use wherever they are. Available in 12 languages, Dystonia Physio is used by more than 980 physiotherapists across 36 countries with over 1,400 programmes created. 

MediMaatjes, The Netherlands 

In the Netherlands, around 35% of people struggle with essential health literacy skills. MediMaatjes ("medical buddies") is helping bridge this gap through an app that connects vulnerable patients with trained volunteers throughout their healthcare journey. These volunteers help patients prepare for consultations, understand medical information and have the confidence to make informed decisions about their care. An AI-powered helpdesk and improved language matching are helping the platform expand access to support and scale its reach. 

Centre Pédiatrique des Côtes, France

At the Centre Pédiatrique des Côtes, a medical care and rehabilitation facility, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) technologies enable non-verbal children to communicate in new ways.
Using specialised eye-tracking technology and communication software, children can make choices, access educational content, express their creativity and interact with their families.
AAC also enables caregivers and healthcare professionals to better understand each child’s needs, while fostering greater independence, social interaction and participation in everyday life. 

Foundation 29, Spain

Equitable access to clinical trials remains a big challenge in trial recruitment. TrialGPT, developed by Foundation 29, uses AI to analyse clinical reports and match diverse patient groups with relevant trials using global databases. Implementation and validation in a hospital setting aims to improve recruitment efficiency and help ensure eligible patients, particularly those with rare and complex conditions, are not overlooked.