Co-hosted by IUHPE and ADPHC
The 25th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion is being held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), from May 13 to 16, 2025, marking the first time the global gathering is held in the Middle East.
The conference, co-hosted by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and the Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre (ADPHC), occurs at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the UAE capital.
Now in its 74th year, the IUHPE World Conference is recognised as the world’s leading platform for advancing health promotion and education. The decision to bring the event to Abu Dhabi highlights the emirate’s growing leadership in public health, research, and policy innovation.
The four-day event convenes more than 2,000 global leaders, including health professionals, researchers, educators, policymakers, and community advocates.
Themed ‘Settings for Planetary Health and Wellbeing,’ the four-day event focuses on real-world strategies for addressing global health threats, from non-communicable diseases and mental health to climate change and emergency preparedness.
The conference is bridging the gap between research and practice through keynote speeches, high-level panels, workshops, and networking forums, offering fresh solutions to some of the most complex challenges facing communities worldwide.
In a statement issued before IUHPE 2025, Dr Rashed Al Suwaidi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre, said: “This milestone event reflects Abu Dhabi’s commitment to advancing global health and sustainability. It underscores our transition from healthcare to health, placing prevention, innovation, and planetary well-being at the heart of our vision.”
Sione Tu’itahi, President of IUHPE, added: “As humanity faces converging global health and planetary challenges, it’s deeply symbolic and necessary that we gather for the first time in the MENA region, the cradle of civilisation, to shape collective solutions.”
The conference covers a broad spectrum of issues, including health-literate settings like schools, workplaces, and cities, global diplomacy and emergency preparedness, digital health transformation, health and well-being-promoting policies, health equity and its determinants and precision health promotion.
The call for abstracts received a global response, with submissions from countries including the UAE, India, Australia, Ghana, Taiwan, Canada, Morocco, the United Kingdom, Uganda, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, France, the United States, Zambia, Brazil, and Switzerland.
With the IUHPE 2025 conference, Abu Dhabi strengthens its positioning as a global centre for health policy, knowledge exchange, and systems innovation. Attendees will experience cutting-edge dialogue, the emirate’s rich cultural heritage, and its commitment to public health and sustainability.
Middle East News 247 is the Media Partner of IUHPE 2025.
For more information and registration, visit the official website: www.iuhpe2025-abudhabi.com
Image: Credit: The 25th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion is being held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre from May 13 to 16, 2025. Credit: ADNEC
