Google renews its partnership with the WHO
Google renews its partnership with the WHODigital Dawn - May 29, 2023
Google has renewed its partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide what it calls "factual" information about different diseases and conditions.
This partnership is seen as a way to combat the medical “misinformation” seen during the pandemic.
On the Google search engine, knowledge panels already appear at the top of the results when users search for certain pathologies and diseases.
Soon, knowledge panels will include more conditions and diseases such as depressive disorders, Ebola, COPD, malaria, hypertension, diabetes, Mpox and more, using information verified by the WHO.
In a previous partnership, Google provided the WHO with more than $320 million in advertising grants to help disseminate its medical information. As part of the new partnership, Google has given the global public health organization an additional $50 million to continue its efforts.
