Nepali AI innovation wins ASOCIO AI in Healthcare Award 2026
Summary
Nepali technology firm WiseYak Pvt Ltd has won the ASOCIO AI in Healthcare Award 2026 for its AI-Assisted Cytology Solution for Cervical Cancer Screening. The system speeds up cervical cancer diagnosis, increases screening throughput, and reduces the workload on pathologists.
Key Points
- WiseYak Pvt Ltd won the ASOCIO AI in Healthcare Award 2026 for its AI-Assisted Cytology Solution for Cervical Cancer Screening (AISCS).
- AISCS is designed to fit into microscope-based laboratory workflows and assist clinicians without replacing expert diagnosis.
- Clinical validation across more than 8,000 digitised image patches from 500 local patients showed reporting times dropping to under two hours and screening throughput rising up to four times.
- WiseYak says it will continue validation before commercial rollout and is exploring safe deployment in Nepal and other resource-constrained regions.
