The COVID-19 pandemic created an unprecedented health and societal crisis for many of us across the world. Its death toll estimates place it among history’s deadliest plagues. Despite having much more advanced economic, healthcare, and technological systems, our infrastructure once more crumbled in the face of a fast-spreading, dangerous virus.And with scientists warning about the rising threat of zoonoses and thus new outbreaks in our lifetime, no one wants to repeat the disruption and damage of the last one. So, the question becomes: how do we prevent the next disease outbreak from becoming a deadly pandemic?In response, the research and innovation community, composed of academic institutes, startups, and business R&D hubs, have been actively working on new products and running tests during the past years. Solutions for preventing the next pandemic such as e-health and telemedicine, drug research, better diagnosis, predictive analytics, therapeutic antibodies, and medical isolators hold the promise of mitigating the intensity and spread of the next outbreak.Below, we bring under one list several of these innovative healthcare solutions developed by startups and companies across the world.Health tech solutions preventing the next pandemic from CEE and IsraelName: StethoMeHQ: PolandFounders: Honorata Hafke-Dys, Jędrzej KocińskiVertical: AI, medical devices, telemedicineSolution: StethoMe offers an AI-based stethoscope intended for home use by patients. The solution can detect abnormalities in the cardiologic and respiratory system and communicate the results via a dedicated app