Helping global communities become safer and healthier
Public health aims to promote health for everyone, allowing practitioners to focus on populations as small as a neighborhood or as large as a country. Google is advancing public health by providing research and tools to tackle some of the biggest challenges the world faces today.
Empowering public health organizations with new data, tools, and insights
We develop tools that provide data-driven insights to help global public health officials support their communities.
Open Health Stack
Providing developers with a suite of open source components that save time and make it easier to adopt modern healthcare standards, leading to secure, offline-capable, data-driven solutions for health workers to better help their communities.
Air quality measurements
Street View vehicles map air quality to help cities make more informed decisions and accelerate efforts in their transition to healthier, more sustainable cities.
Flood forecasting models
Improved forecasting models that use AI to predict when and where floods will occur, and incorporate that information into Google Public Alerts so individuals and authorities can better prepare.
Heat resilience
Extreme heat threatens health, disproportionately affecting under-resourced communities. Google’s Heat Resilience feature uses AI to estimate how cool roofs and tree canopies can mitigate rising temperatures, helping policymakers in 14 pilot US cities implement heat mitigation strategies for more livable, resilient communities.
Health services access insights for emergency obstetric care
Using travel insights from Google Maps, our tool helps health service planners and policymakers assess geographic access to emergency obstetric care. This is part of our broader effort to help address gaps in access to health services.
Security and resilience of the rural hospital system
We are partnering with the U.S. White House to provide secure-by-design Google technology, consulting and support services to improve security and resilience of the rural hospital system. Additionally, as an Ambassador partner with Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Google provides cybersecurity resources, consulting, and training to over 750 global health organizations.
Social Infrastructure Plan
Our Downtown West Plan to help realize the City of San José’s vision for a mixed-use destination with housing alongside jobs and neighborhood services. The Plan includes a $200 million community benefits package, with over $150 million dedicated to a Citywide Community stabilization and Opportunity Pathways Fund that will address a range of social determinants of health.
Assisting researchers and scientists in advancing the science of public health
We provide researchers with datasets and tools they can use to discover novel insights in support of public health.
Global access to healthcare map
Supported the creation of maps of travel time to care facilities globally, identifying vulnerable communities that lack access without transportation.
Opioid data analysis
The opioid crisis is a global public health challenge, with critical data often hidden in text fields. In partnership with Washington State in the US, Google is using a Natural Language Processing (NLP) API and Gemini models to make this data immediately usable, potentially saving thousands of person-hours.
Population dynamics foundation model (PDFM)
We designed a population dynamics foundation model and dataset that is able to be easily adapted to solve a wide array of geospatial problems, including in health. For example, it could be used in models that predict the prevalence and spread of diseases to help inform public health policy and resource allocation decisions.
Helping communities receive critical information
We help communities get high quality information at the right moment so they can improve safety and the public’s health.
Public Service Ads
Google Ads helps health organizations deliver critical information to people through public health ad campaigns.
Authoritative health information on YouTube
YouTube works with health experts to make it easier for people to find reliable information to help answer their health questions, as well as First Aid Info Shelves, with quick, easy-to-follow resources for CPR, heart attacks, and more, available in multiple countries and languages.
Crisis hotlines on Search and YouTube
We have expanded access to local crisis hotlines across multiple countries and languages for issues like suicide, self-harm, and sexual assault, ensuring that crisis resource panels appear for relevant searches or videos.
Rapid crisis response call center
During the devastating 2023 Hawaii fires, there was a massive influx of unemployment requests with no existing relief call center. Hawaii partnered with Google to use AI to establish a multilingual call center in just 48 hours, ensuring rapid crisis response.
World Meteorological Organization's Early Warnings For All Initiative
Google’s early warning systems predict riverine floods up to seven days in advance, providing timely alerts on Search and Maps to enhance safety.
Early warning program with World Food Program USA
A $3 million grant supports an AI-powered early warning program with World Food Program USA, preparing East African communities for climate-related crises.