Anthropic and OpenEvidence Partner to Offer AI Clinical Decision Support to Doctors in Low-Income Countries

On September 22, Anthropic and medical knowledge platform OpenEvidence announced a partnership to provide AI-based clinical decision support to doctors in underserved and technology-limited regions. A dedicated version of the platform will be offered free of charge to medical workers in about 100 low- and middle-income countries, including Uganda, Angola, Sudan, Haiti and Mongolia.

OpenEvidence draws on peer-reviewed medical research and clinical guidelines to help physicians answer complex questions. The platform was previously available free to clinicians in Europe and the United States. Under the collaboration, Anthropic's technology will provide backend support, while OpenEvidence will customize the system based on local healthcare infrastructure. OpenEvidence founder Daniel Nadler said, "The right to access medical knowledge should not be limited by geography."

The announcement comes as healthcare systems worldwide explore whether generative AI can help address shortages of general practitioners and specialists. Proponents say AI tools can help doctors quickly navigate vast medical information; skeptics caution that models trained mainly on data from high-income countries may not fit conditions in less developed regions.

According to a list provided by OpenEvidence, the program is being rolled out in about 100 countries. Earlier in 2026, OpenEvidence announced collaborations with medical institutions in Rwanda and Botswana to adapt its models to environments where disease patterns, diagnostic equipment and available medicines differ significantly from those in developed countries. Anthropic President Daniela Amodei said the technological progress has made the necessary framework available, but market incentives alone are not enough—entrepreneurial and philanthropic efforts are needed.

Nadler noted that even where medical facilities cannot guarantee round-the-clock power, most doctors have smartphones, enabling access to quality medical information that was previously available only at top institutions a decade ago. Ahmed Bendary, a cardiologist at Benha University in Egypt, called expanding access beyond the US and Europe "a huge leap forward," particularly in regions where medical journal subscriptions are scarce, making evidence-based, point-of-care clinical tools essential.