The Kazakhstan International Healthcare Exhibition KIHE 2024 will take place from 15 to 17 May at the Atakent Exhibition Centre in Almaty. Organised by Iteca Kazakhstan, the 29th edition positions itself as the country’s largest and most influential medical forum, combining a major trade show with an intensive scientific conference programme delivered in Russian, Kazakh and English. The event is accredited by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan and awards continuing-medical-education points to doctors, nurses, pharmacists and clinical engineers. More than 450 exhibitors from 30 countries—ranging from global corporations such as Siemens Healthineers, Philips, GE Healthcare, Mindray, Dräger and Fujifilm to regional distributors of Kazakh, Turkish, Korean, German, Italian and Polish manufacturers—will occupy six halls totalling 12 000 m². They will present diagnostic imaging systems, tele-medicine platforms, robotic surgery units, sterilisation and infection-control equipment, disposable devices, laboratory and blood-service technology, rehabilitation aids, dental and ophthalmic instruments, pharmaceuticals and health-it solutions. The organisers expect over 7 000 professional visitors: chief physicians, deputies for medical affairs, procurement directors, biomedical engineers, laboratory managers, pharmacy-chain owners, regulators, investors and public-health specialists from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Mongolia.

The conference agenda is built around the national strategy “Healthy Kazakhstan–2030” and runs across three parallel venues. The main scientific congress gathers more than 120 speakers, among them Minister of Health Azhar Giniyat, WHO representative to Kazakhstan Dr. Caroline Clarinval, and international oncologist Prof. Axel Stenzl. Sessions will address digital transformation of hospitals, radiation safety, quality management in laboratories, cardiovascular and oncological screening, perinatal care standards, diabetes prevention, antimicrobial resistance and the introduction of a national e-pharmacy system. A separate two-day forum on medical devices will explore registration pathways under the Eurasian Economic Union, reimbursement mechanisms, public–private partnership projects and the localisation of production in Kazakhstan’s new medical industrial zones. For the first time a dedicated start-up stage will host 40 young companies pitching AI-based triage, wearable diagnostics and low-cost prosthetics to