Balancing AI pedagogy and cross-disciplinary training for public health professionals

In our interconnected global village, diseases transcend borders with alarming speed—COVID-19’s rapid spread underscored this reality, infecting > 700 million and claiming 7 million lives worldwide. As artificial intelligence (AI) emerges as a cornerstone of public health and global health practice, empowering health- care professionals through balanced pedagogy and ethical training is imperative. This ensures they harness AI’s potential for surveillance, prediction and equity while mitigating risks like bias and data privacy breaches. Without such preparation, we risk ex- acerbating inequities in low-resource settings