MULTIPULM

The MULTIPULM project aims to address the high burden of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where patients often suffer from multiple co-existing conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and depression, and where healthcare systems face significant fragmentation and inequalities. To tackle these challenges, MULTIPULM will develop and implement an integrated, digital-based care ecosystem that combines evidence-based tools for remote monitoring, patient engagement, and long-term condition management. Focusing on Brazil, Serbia, and Türkiye, the project seeks to enhance secondary prevention and improve patients’ quality of life while addressing broader social, financial, and organizational disparities in care delivery. Through a structured implementation roadmap and capacity-building activities, MULTIPULM will engage local stakeholders and validate its approach at large scale with 3,200 multimorbid patients. Ultimately, the project aims to deliver a sustainable, scalable care model that can serve as a reference for other LMICs and support policymakers in improving long-term healthcare outcomes and Universal Health Coverage.

CERTH/ITI (Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Information Technologies Institute) plays a key technical and research role in the MULTIPULM project, primarily contributing to the development, adaptation, and validation of the project’s digital health tools. In particular, CERTH is actively involved in co-creation and user-centered design activities, infrastructure deployment, and system integration, while also leading the technology adaptation and localization task, where it ensures that the platform and tools are tailored to the cultural, social, and regulatory needs of the target countries. Additionally, CERTH supports the development of APIs and contributes to ensuring the trustworthiness, explainability, and fairness of AI components, including bias mitigation and transparency mechanisms, thereby strengthening the robustness and usability of the overall digital ecosystem.

Consortium

Uni Systems Systimata Pliroforikis Monoprosopi Anonymi Emporiki Etairia (UNIGR), Greece
Artemis Research & Innovation S.R.L. (ART), Romania
Ethniko Kentro Erevnas kai Technologikis Anaptyxis (CERTH), Greece
Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis (AUTH), Greece
Faculdade de Motricidade Humana (FMH), Portugal
Wellics Ltd, United Kingdom
Ainigma Technologies, Belgium
Idryma Technologias kai Ereynas (FORTH), Greece
Future Needs Management Consulting Ltd (FN), Cyprus
Pharmecons Easy Access Ltd (PHEA), United Kingdom
Kingston University Higher Education Corporation (KU), United Kingdom
Shine 2Europe Lda (SHINE), Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra (UC), Portugal
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil
Fundacao Edson Queiroz (FEQ), Brazil
Institut za Plucne Bolesti Vojvodine (IPBV), Serbia
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Saglik Bakanligi (MOH), Türkiye