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Best Country Practices for Improving Public Healthcare
Plenary session Global healthcare is undergoing a period of major transformation. While facing similar demographic, epidemiological, and humanitarian challenges, the national healthcare systems of most countries are pursuing their own individual development paths, while introducing their own models of medical care organization, local technological solutions, and patient support formats. However, numerous one-off and unique practices could become systemic tools and be replicated in other countries based on their successful experience. The Forum’s plenary session will consolidate the best practices of countries that maintain friendly relations with Russia and provide a platform at the highest level for dialogue about the state of public health. Which advanced experiences and best practices in public health have increased public satisfaction with medical care and led to significant results within national healthcare systems? How can cooperation improve the healthcare systems of participating countries? How can we effectively structure intercountry dialogue to ensure the transfer of best practices? What mechanisms for harmonizing processes are needed for this purpose? How can we create the conditions needed to expand the scope of mutual exchanges of experience and develop new areas for increased cooperation?
Special Conditions – Special Programmes: Healthcare in the Far East
People and the Environment The Far East, a region of key geostrategic importance for Russia, is currently undergoing a stage of systemic transformation. This transformation simultaneously encompasses the economy, infrastructure, social services, and quality of life. Maintaining and increasing the population is becoming crucial to the Far Eastern Federal District’s sustainable development. The specific features of the Far East pose unique challenges to the healthcare system that can only be overcome with a comprehensive approach: from developing healthcare infrastructure and attracting and retaining medical personnel to creating a daily environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Today, the regions of the Far East, together with the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, have drafted and approved regional health programmes through 2030. These programmes require effective collaboration between the regions, municipalities, and government agencies to ensure true access to healthcare services and achieve a tangible improvement in the quality of life for citizens. How should Russia address the issue of access to primary healthcare for residents in hard-to-reach and sparsely populated areas of the Far East? What innovative and breakthrough mechanisms have been introduced to implement programmes in the Far East on a priority basis? What lessons from the Far East Federal District can be replicated in other regions of Russia?
Healthy Diet: Myths and Reality, Opportunities and Risks
People and the Environment People’s approaches to a healthy diet are rapidly changing. The classic food pyramid is being completely rethought under the influence of new scientific data. People are replacing universal recommendations with personalized strategies that aim to maintain their health, prevent disease, and improve their quality of life. The emphasis is shifting from counting calories to a holistic assessment of one’s diet, including its suitability for a person’s specific lifestyle or activity. The modern nutrition paradigm integrates cutting-edge approaches from longevity medicine and sports science and also takes into account the timing of meals (chrononutrition) and the selection of the most nutritious foods. The changing structure of the food market, with a sharp increase in ready-to-eat food sales, is significantly influencing diet. This is all contributing to the formation of new eating habits. What are some healthy eating habits in today’s reality, and what factors shape them? What scientific research into healthy nutrition needs to be developed? How can we combine efforts to generate demand for healthy eating while also increasing the supply of truly healthy products? How can we communicate the lifelong health benefits of good nutrition to the public and foster a society-wide, conscious commitment to healthy eating habits?
Where Does Health Begin? A Task for All of Us
People and the Environment Today, each member of society is directly responsible for maintaining his/her health, regardless of his/her social role: employee or employer, physician or patient, parent or healthcare provider, resident of a large city or a small region. A key trend in the current stage of the healthcare industry’s development is the transition from a passive model of disease treatment to an active model of health management. This represents an evolution from responding to existing illnesses to the development of predictive and preventive medicine, i.e., pre-risk medicine. This approach shifts the focus from combatting to preventing diseases. However, this goal cannot be achieved without the seamless integration of healthy lifestyle principles into everyone’s daily routine and the introduction of modern risk modification technologies. What consistent steps must be taken at the state and societal levels to transform prevention from an obligation to a natural way of life? What role do employers play in fostering a culture of health, and what corporate healthcare tools and programmes are most effective today? How can scientific advances be quickly introduced into accessible practice?
Salutogenic Design in Detail: A New Look at Medical Institutions
People and the Environment The concept of salutogenic design is crucial to creating an environment that promotes the physical and mental health of a nation. It consists of a comprehensive approach to spatial design that not only ensures ergonomics, but also motivates people to adopt healthy practices, while promoting disease prevention and healthy longevity. It is important to introduce the salutogenic principle at all levels: from creating a ‘healthy office’, where a comfortable work environment turns into a resource for reducing the risk of burnout and increasing employee productivity, to rethinking the architecture of medical facilities. In healthcare, the salutogenic approach is particularly significant: studies confirm that the aesthetics and functionality of space directly influence patients’ subjective perception of illness and help them recover more quickly. Designing modern medical facilities with a healing-based environment in mind is no longer a secondary goal, but must be at the forefront of the industry’s strategic development agenda. However, implementing such comprehensive solutions requires coordinated work by interdisciplinary teams comprised of physicians, architects, psychologists, and other specialists. What examples of healing architectural and design solutions have already been successfully implemented at Russian public and private clinics? Does investment in salutogenic environments help to develop a culture of both quality and safety in medical care? Who are the specialists that are skilled in developing health-promoting design, and what kind of skills should they possess?
The Health of Future Generations: How to Establish the Right Attitude?
People and the Environment In partnership with Magnit Such patterns as adhering to healthy habits and psychological resilience to destructive stimuli can be instilled in childhood. The most important thing is to create an environment in which children perceive regular physical activity and healthy eating not as an obligation, but as a natural and enjoyable part of everyday culture, a source of energy and well-being. Social learning is key: children learn norms primarily by observing and imitating their parents and other significant adults in their lives. This includes such habits as actively playing together, taking walks instead of sitting around, a preference for healthy foods and a healthy diet, and an attitude toward sports as a game and source of joy. Daily parental examples are the most powerful and long-lasting educational tool, which lays the foundation for a healthy and active lifestyle for decades to come. Can a system of norms and rules be integrated at the level of individual families and the state? And how can healthy lifestyle recommendations be adapted to a specific person’s living conditions?
Health in Your Daily Planner: How to Avoid Ignoring a Healthy Lifestyle in the Era of Multitasking
People and the Environment Such modern realities as a fast-paced lifestyle, a culture of multitasking, an abundance of unhealthy food, physical inactivity, and chronic cognitive overload all create an environment in which classic notions of a healthy lifestyle seem virtually impossible to achieve. Today, the main challenge is not about finding extra time for a healthy lifestyle, but seamlessly integrating it into the fabric of your everyday life. This approach requires a rethinking of your core habits. In terms of physical activity, the emphasis is shifting from hours-long workouts in the gym to short but regular high-intensity interval training and ‘sports microbreaks’. In nutrition, the strategy is drifting away from strict diets toward the conscious creation of a ‘nutritious plate’ that ensures you feel full for a long time and have a stable level of energy without all the gruelling calorie counting. New behavioural patterns are also built on this same principle of constructive substitution: alcohol consumption is evolving with complex non-alcoholic alternatives, and people are systematically giving up smoking. What psychological barriers do people face when trying to incorporate ‘healthy micro-habits’ into their busy schedules? What are some quick and healthy alternatives to common unhealthy snacks for those who have little time? What exercises or workouts are easiest to integrate into an office or home routine without special equipment?
School of Leaders. Managerial Potential in Healthcare: Flexibility and Adaptation to Industry Changes
People and the Environment Given the rapid transformation of the healthcare industry, fundamentally different approaches to managing medical institutions and regional systems are becoming more and more important. Governments are increasingly concerned about who is at the helm at the local level. Competitive managers who combine strong management skills and key expertise are the main resource of modern healthcare systems and the drivers of future transformation. What is the best way to identify promising leaders? Where can people study healthcare management today? And how can future managers be trained and motivated?
Innovations in Pharmacology: The Intellectual Foundation of the Healthcare of the Future
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation The development of new drugs not only ensures a quantum leap in disease treatment, but also promotes the development of new manufacturing processes and significantly influences the transformation of the entire patient care system by fundamentally shifting the therapeutic paradigm. Modern medical science has seen breakthrough developments in personalized medicine, particularly in cell therapy. Today, innovative CAR-T cell therapy is not only being successfully used in oncohematology, but is also steadily transitioning to the first clinical cases involving the immunoediting of malignant tumours, therapy for numerous autoimmune conditions, and treatment for type 1 diabetes, offering a chance to patients for whom standard treatments have proven ineffective. While this is not yet a new standard of therapy, these fundamental discoveries are being turned into clinical solutions that form the basis for new therapeutic strategies. Scientific research is focused on expanding the use of CAR-T therapy, reducing relapses and side effects, and increasing the length of remission. In what sectors is pharmaceutical innovation most rapidly developing today? How is the creation of new drugs changing approaches to patient care and leading to new standards in pharmaceutical manufacturing? What is the current state of cell therapy development, and what obstacles are limiting this progress? What regulatory tools are needed to actively introduce pharmaceutical innovations into clinical practice? What areas of medicine will have potential for CAR-T therapy in the near future?
How to Keep Your Heart Healthy
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation Russia’s state guarantees programme for 2026–2028 has expanded its capabilities for the early diagnosis of cardiovascular risks, and work is under way to improve drug provisions for patients at high risk for vascular emergencies. An individual’s conscious behaviour can account for a significant portion of his/her success in combatting cardiovascular disease. The key ingredients for a healthy heart include timely preventive care and a healthy lifestyle: physical activity, nutrition, monitoring your indicators, avoiding bad habits, stress management, as well as a high level of patient engagement in the treatment process and strict adherence to any prescribed therapy. What innovations in cardiology are enhancing the effectiveness of the fight against circulatory diseases? What changes have been made to the state guarantees programme to provide free cardiac care? What measures are included in the government’s strategies to reduce risk factors? How can we ensure the public is committed to preventive care and a healthy lifestyle? How can we improve patient compliance and bolster the paradigm of collaboration between doctors and patients?
Diabetes under Control: Modern Solutions for Patients
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation Advances in modern medicine are dramatically extending the lives of people with diabetes and improving their quality of life. Since 2023, Russia has prioritized the fight against diabetes with a special federal project that emphasizes strategies to prevent the progression of the disease with a focus on early stages and preclinical risks. Coordinated efforts by the government, medical community, and public sector need to focus on common goals in order to establish the systemic practice of implementing federal initiatives at the regional level. Which diagnostic technologies are most effective for the early detection of prediabetes and primary prevention? Which digital services and personalized monitoring technologies can improve the effectiveness of diabetes management, and how can they be integrated into patients’ daily lives to improve compliance? What educational and motivational practices can foster sustainable healthy lifestyle habits in people with risk factors? How can Russia develop a unified strategy for the prevention and early detection of diabetes for all regions of the country?
Preventing Behavioural Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases: The Efficacy of Restrictions and Prohibitions
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation The growing prevalence of chronic diseases poses a challenge to the entire world and is forcing national healthcare systems to mobilize their resources to the maximum. The preventive measures that are being developed and introduced by Russia’s closest neighbours – countries of the former Soviet Union – go beyond medical prevention. State-sponsored approaches are often comprehensive and systemic, and involve the implementation of large-scale policies to reduce tobacco and alcohol consumption and combat harmful habits. How effective is this system of restrictions and prohibitions?
Personalized Medicine: An Individual Path to Good Health
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation A key trend in modern healthcare is the shifting focus from diseases to patients themselves, with their unique needs, genetic characteristics, and lifestyle. This approach makes it possible to develop an individualized health trajectory, where prevention and risk management are based on personal data, the results of in-depth examinations, and genetic analysis, which help to identify individual risks at the earliest, preclinical stage. What are some of the effective mechanisms for integrating genetic screening data and biomarkers into daily preventive care? What technologies can be used to develop personalized recommendations for adjusting lifestyle, nutrition, and physical activity? What role can health resorts play in continuous health monitoring and promotion?
Rehabilitation of Winners: Reintegration into Life
Early Risk Medicine and Rehabilitation Modern rehabilitation medicine is a rapidly developing interdisciplinary field that integrates advances in clinical medicine, digital technologies, and various aspects of social and psychological disciplines within an evidence-based approach. Its goal is to create a continuous, personalized recovery system that aims to reintegrate patients into their former professional and social environments. One solution to these challenges is the establishment of high-tech rehabilitation centres for combat veterans, which take an interdisciplinary approach to treating both physical and psychological injuries. Sports rehabilitation, which borrows from professional sports methods, has become another highly effective field. These principles have proven effective not only for athletes, but for all patients, significantly reducing recovery times and enabling a return to a full, active life. What modern digital technologies have already been integrated into the rehabilitation process, and how are they influencing the personalization of people’s recovery? What criteria and biomarkers are being used to assess the success of a patient’s professional and social reintegration after completion of the active phase of treatment? What barriers are still hindering widespread access to rehabilitation for combat veterans, and what are some of the ways to overcome them in the compulsory health insurance system?
Clinic on Your wrist: The Role of Wearable Devices in the Modern Preventive System
Healthcare Innovations and Technologies Today, we are on the threshold of a revolution where digital services give patients seamless access to a wide range of tools to monitor their health. Smart assistants, such as watches, fitness trackers, rings, and other wearable gadgets, are becoming increasingly popular both in Russia and worldwide. These devices don’t simply complement our image; they are fundamentally changing our behaviour, forcing users to reconsider their approach to preventive care, and becoming the first line of defence in preventing disease. Data validation is a key focus. Technology developers are working to obtain the status of medical devices for their inventions and conducting clinical trials to ensure their data can be trusted unconditionally. Meanwhile, the industry is also addressing the problem of ‘information noise’. How can we distinguish arrhythmia from sensor failure? How can comprehensive health monitoring prevent increased anxiety and hypochondria among the population? Where will technological transformation ultimately lead us, and will gadgets be able to replace doctors?
Diagnosis from Neural Networks: Science Fiction or Current Reality?
Healthcare Innovations and Technologies Artificial Intelligence technologies are rapidly transforming medical practices. New AI application scenarios enable the industry to move beyond standard, routine tasks to more in-depth processes with a variety of combinations. Today, composite multimodal AI is revolutionizing the industry by replacing physician intervention, identifying pathological patterns that are invisible to the human eye, generating clinical hypotheses, establishing a comprehensive picture of a patient’s health, and offering personalized treatment protocols based on retrospective data. The medical community is already praising the advantages that come from using AI agents: increased accuracy in identifying pathologies, a reduction in false positives, and cost-effectiveness. However, there are still numerous ethical and regulatory questions that experts plan to discuss during the session. Will AI remain a physician’s ally, or will it become a source of new systemic risks? What does Russia’s experience with AI developments suggest? And is there a limit to the development of AI in healthcare?
Living Longer and Better: A Longevity Strategy for Individuals and Countries
Healthcare Innovations and Technologies A key challenge of modern healthcare is to shift the focus from simply increasing life expectancy to building an individual trajectory for healthy longevity. This involves maximizing your quality of life and preserving your energy, mental clarity, and functional activity for many years to come. Healthy longevity medicine shifts the focus from treating diseases to proactive management and prevention, where nutrition and physical activity serve as tools that can influence the underlying mechanisms of aging. To create a culture of healthy longevity, the role of nutrition must be completely reconceptualized. Today, it is not simply a matter of satisfying your hunger, but a comprehensive strategy that provides your body with high-quality fuel for a long and active life. Physical activity, for its part, has established itself as an accessible tool for influencing the underlying mechanisms of aging. Today, this concept involves not only going to the gym, but also any systematic activity that becomes integrated into your lifestyle: from running and swimming to seasonal activities such as skiing and ice skating. What consistent steps need to be taken at the government, societal, and individual levels to transform the philosophy of healthy longevity into a daily norm? Is there a gold standard for the duration and intensity of health-promoting physical activity? What are some of the most promising innovative technologies for preventing premature aging?
Elements of Safety: What Each Link in the Pharmaceutical Industry Chain Brings to the Table
Healthcare Innovations and Technologies The national goal of Russia’s ‘Long and Active Life’ project is to increase life expectancy to 78 years by 2030 and to 81 years by 2036. Achieving these targets requires coordinated interdisciplinary work and the consolidated efforts of the entire medical industry, including the pharmaceutical sector. Drug security is underpinned by state programmes and effective regulatory solutions for achieving sustainable development in the national pharmaceutical industry, both in terms of innovation and meeting the current needs of the state drug supply system. People’s access to essential medications is directly dependent on the level of professional competence of physicians, including their broad clinical awareness about a number of serious life-threatening and hereditary diseases in order to ensure early diagnosis and effective patient management. What strategies and approaches are needed to achieve sustainable drug security? What joint decisions by the government and manufacturers ensure compliance with quality, safety, and efficacy standards for medications, as well as drug accessibility? How can early diagnosis standards be incorporated into clinical practice to ensure patients have prompt access to essential therapeutic solutions? What factors can increase patient compliance with prescribed therapy?
‘Technologies for Human Health’ Contest
The contest is held to identify the most promising science-intensive technologies in public health and create the infrastructure needed for their integration into healthcare. The contest seeks to find promising inventions that can be put into operation throughout the country. Young scientists, research teams, and employees from universities as well as scientific and R&D organizations are invited to participate. The winning projects will be science-intensive technologies, primarily biotechnology, whose application could significantly improve the lives and health of Russians. The main goal of the contest is to comprehensively support research teams that are creating innovative biotechnologies to improve human health.