In a panel discussion on health system finance, Dr. Finn Goldner, Ex-Director of Health Finance System for Abu Dhabi Health Authority and Jamal Asfour, CEO of Asia Insurance, covered the pros and cons of introducing mandatory health insurance in Iraq, with a population increasingly claiming their right to health from the state. When debating developments in medical equipment and technology, Royal Philips introduced some of the most efficient devices in modern oncology.
Dr. Saif AlJaibeji, Chairman of the Conference and CEO of the Cambridge Academy for Higher Education, expressed his satisfaction with the event, “We are more than happy with the high-level discussions we have had here in Erbil. I very much look forward to a continuous constructive dialogue with the conference participants over the next 12 months until we reconvene in Erbil to assess the progress being achieved by the Iraqi government and private sector with regards to healthcare provision for Iraqi citizens.”
Alongside local partners IFP Iraq, organizers of the annual Iraq Medicare Exhibition, the Cambridge Academy for Higher Education functioned as academic partner to the conference organizers Sesam Business Consultants and zenith Magazine.
For Boris Ritter, General Manager of Sesam Business Consultants, this year’s conference was just the first step, “This year we laid the foundation for what is to become the largest annual health conference in Iraq. Now we will process the findings of the discussions in a comprehensive report to make them available to the wider academic and business community.” The date for the next edition of the Iraq Healthcare Conference has been set already: May 27-28, 2014. For more information, please visit the conference website.
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