The 2nd Women for a Healthy Society Forum will take place on 4 March 2025. The Forum is being organized by the Russian Federation Council and the Roscongress Foundation. The Forum will be held under the auspices of the Council of the Eurasian Women’s Forum under the Federation Council with the support of the Russian Ministry of Health, the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Russian Federal Medical-Biological Agency.

During the Forum, experts will examine the prospects of using AI as an assistant to improve public health and trust in these technologies in domestic healthcare; new stages of the implementation of national projects in Russia that aim to improve the quality of life and healthcare; modern approaches, initiatives, and technologies that help to improve awareness about health issues; new medical examination programmes; successful regional initiatives; the modernization of health centres, and numerous other issues. The central event of the Forum will be the plenary session, which is titled ‘Women for a Healthy Society’.

“Today, our health largely depends on how much we adhere to the principles of a healthy lifestyle and undergo the necessary preventive examinations in a timely manner to identify health problems at an early stage. In many ways, the culture of health protection, from the habit of being physically active to proper nutrition, is shaped in the family and primarily comes from women. As such, each of us is responsible for both our own health and the health of future generations,” said Oksana Drapkina, Director of the National Medical Research Centre for Therapy and Preventive Medicine, Chief Specialist in Therapy and General Medical Practice of the Russian Ministry of Health, and an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

On 5 March 2025, expert discussions will be held as part of the Roscongress Foundation’s Healthy Life project. Experts will discuss the development of digital medicine and cellular technologies that are used in healthcare, ways to improve drug provision for patients with diabetes, modern approaches and technologies in medicine and health protection, state support measures for maternal and child welfare in Russia, and numerous other topics.

The discussion ‘Availability of Food Innovations: How Is the Functional Food Market Growing?’ will be devoted to nutrition’s impact on human health, the importance of introducing functional products, as well as matters concerning the accessibility of food innovations, diet optimization, the role of public policy, and promising developments in food products to strengthen the health of the nation.

Participants in the session ‘Ensuring Drug Security in Russia for a Healthy Society’ will discuss the objectives on the current agenda of the drug regulation system in an effort to improve the mechanisms that it uses. “Programmes to support the domestic pharmaceutical industry play an important role in building such a sustainable drug security system. In recent years, we have been able to achieve a high level of import substitution. Drugs are being produced in Russia according to the highest quality standards,” Russian Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Yekaterina Prieyzzheva said.

The event will bring together specialists, businesspeople, as well as public and political figures who shape the future landscape of healthcare in Russia.

Entrepreneurs, innovators, opinion leaders, government officials, and representatives of the scientific and business community have been invited to participate.

For more information, please visit the website: forumhealth.ru.