The Kurdistan Health Summit 2025 will unite health leaders, policymakers, and innovators to shape the future of healthcare in the Kurdistan Region. Key topics include primary care, family medicine, sustainable financing, climate and health, air pollution, public trust, and public-private partnerships. The summit aims to drive reform, innovation, and equitable healthcare through regional and international collaboration.
November 20th - 22nd 2025
Session Time
Topic
Day One - November 20th 2025
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
Registration
Panel
9:30 AM - 11:00 AMStrengthening Healthcare: The role of Syndicate’s and NGOs in System Development (Hall 1)
- Strengthening Healthcare: The role of Syndicate’s and NGOs in System Development
Focus Session
9:30 AM - 11:00 AMFrom rivals to partnersPrivate sector contributions to health system challenges (Hall 2)
- From rivals to partnersPrivate sector contributions to health system challenges
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Coffee Break
Panel
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMLong-Term Health Consequences of Chemical Attacks: Monitoring and Rehabilitation (Hall 1)
- Long-Term Health Consequences of Chemical Attacks: Monitoring and Rehabilitation
Focus Session
11:30 AM - 1:00 PMFrom rivals to partnersPrivate sector contributions to health system challenges (Hall 2)
- From rivals to partnersPrivate sector contributions to health system challenges
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LUNCH
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Opening Ceremony [KEYNOTE SPEECH]
None
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMPresentation Introducing Project 19 - From affliction to health: the rebirth of Halabja as a health governorate
- Presentation Introducing Project 19 - From affliction to health: the rebirth of Halabja as a health governorate
Panel
3:15 PM - 4:30 PMStrengthening the Health system through primary healthcare policy and service development
- Strengthening the Health system through primary healthcare policy and service development
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Coffee break + Exhibition
Panel
5:00 PM - 6:30 PMCoordination Across Sectors: Linking Health, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Trade for Safer Food
- Coordination Across Sectors: Linking Health, Agriculture, Manufacturing and Trade for Safer Food
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Cultural dinner
Day Two - November 21st 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
Panel
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMFaster, smarter, stronger: modernizing emergency response services in Halabja (Hall 1)
- Faster, smarter, stronger: modernizing emergency response services in Halabja
Focus Session
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMInvesting in Wellbeing: Financial Strategies for Halabja as a healthier governorate (Hall 2)
- Investing in Wellbeing: Financial Strategies for Halabja as a healthier governorate
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Panel
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMFrom Trauma to Strength: Mental Health Challenges and Opportunities in Halabja (Hall 1)
- From Trauma to Strength: Mental Health Challenges and Opportunities in Halabja
Focus Session
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMInvesting in Wellbeing: Financial Strategies for Halabja as a healthier governorate (Hall 2)
- Investing in Wellbeing: Financial Strategies for Halabja as a healthier governorate
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
Panel
2:00 PM - 3:30 PMacknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment (Hall 1)
- acknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment
Focus Session
2:00 PM - 3:30 PMFamily medicine: the missing foundations of prevention and promotion in KRI (Hall 2)
- Family medicine: the missing foundations of prevention and promotion in KRI
3:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Tour of Tawela and Byara
Day Three - November 22nd 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration
Panel
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMACADEMIA IN ACTION: Building Halabja medical college with the lessons from higher education in KRI (Hall 1)
- ACADEMIA IN ACTION: Building Halabja medical college with the lessons from higher education in KRI
Focus Session
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMacknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment (Hall 2)
- acknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Coffee Break
Panel
11:00 AM - 1:30 PMAt the Crossroads of Climate and environment, and health: Halabja as a Case Study (Hall 1)
- At the Crossroads of Climate and environment, and health: Halabja as a Case Study
Focus Session
11:00 AM - 1:30 PMacknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment (Hall 2)
- acknowledging the invisible problem of addiction- from prevention to treatment
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Lunch
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM