India Deploys AI For Predictive Zoonotic Surveillance

India's Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), under the National One Health Mission, is launching an AI-driven predictive surveillance program to detect zoonotic pathogens that jump from animals to humans, officials and documents reviewed by Mint say. It will target Nipah, Zika, avian influenza (H5N1) and Kyasanur Forest Disease, integrate human-animal-environment data via IHIP and ABDM, and invite Expressions of Interest for AI tools to deliver early signals and real-time decision support.