ICT&health October 21, 2025
Artur Olesch

AI enables pandemic surveillance, identifies risk groups, and supports tailored communication when designing disease prevention campaigns. In an interview for ICT&health Global, Dr Stefan Buttigieg, Specialist in Public Health Medicine at the Ministry for Health in Malta, discusses whether ChatGPT is a good or bad health advisor, how AI can help fight misinformation, and why cooperation between health authorities and big tech companies is key to improving population health.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much debate about whether AI can support pandemic preparedness. Are we at that stage yet?

On a global level, we’re still sorting out our data issues, and we haven’t yet achieved the implementation momentum needed to start seeing clear, visible outcomes. However, we are...

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