Nepal, April 24 -- year-old woman in the highlands of Rolpa is diagnosed with cervical cancer. Her genetic makeup, medical history, daily routine, diet, metabolic profile, gut microbiome, as well as the viral strain afflicting her are all data, valuable and unique to her geography. Today, we lose most, if not all, of it. What if all of that could be at her fingertips, just an app away? What if her data could be used to develop unique theranostics that could help patients like her? And what if sharing that data helped with their treatment bills?

With a clean political slate and a government more than eager to deliver, Nepal now sits amid significant buy-ins in healthcare from both governments, north and south of the border. The urgency to...