World Healthcare Week will launch in Dubai 25-29 January 2027, with organisers aiming to deliver a connected global week for partnerships, innovation and strategic dialogue required to address some of the industry’s most pressing challenges. They aim to attract over 95,000 attendees, 4,500 exhibitors and representatives from over 195 countries across Dubai Exhibition Centre (DEC), Expo City and Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC).
World Healthcare Week will bring together WHX, WHX Tech and WHX Leaders within an expanded ecosystem that brings together healthcare trade, digital health innovation and global healthcare leadership across one connected week.
The event will be anchored by World Health Expo (WHX) – the largest international healthcare trade show and conference – and will include WHX Tech and the second edition of WHX Leaders. Each event is held under the patronage of the UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP).
World Healthcare Week arrives at a time when chronic diseases account for approximately 80% of healthcare spending, and the World Health Organisation estimates a global shortage of 10m healthcare workers by 2030. Additionally, governments in the Gulf Co-operation Council are accelerating their investments in digital health, artificial intelligence, and overall healthcare transformation.
In this context, World Healthcare Week will attempt to unite the trade, technology and leadership sectors to tackle the industry’s most urgent challenges.
Solenne Singer, senior vice-president of organiser Informa Markets, said: “Healthcare innovation no longer occurs in isolation. The decisions that shape the future of healthcare are increasingly being made at the intersection of technology, policy, investment and clinical practice. World Healthcare Week reflects that reality by bringing together the people driving these conversations in one place and at one time.
“With WHX, WHX Tech and WHX Leaders now combined into a single connected week, there is no other occasion in the global healthcare calendar that brings together trade, technology and leadership at such a large scale.”
Following its regional debut in 2026, WHX Leaders will take place on 28 January 2027 at DWTC. This invitation-only forum brings together more than 15 ministers of health, and over 300 world health leaders to shape the next decade of global health policy, investment and system design.
“The success of our 2026 events demonstrated the value of uniting the global healthcare community in Dubai. As we continue to advance these conversations, World Healthcare Week provides a platform that reflects the way healthcare is changing – connecting trade, technology and leadership. We look forward to welcoming the industry back to Dubai in January 2027 for a week of industry-defining discussions, new partnerships and meaningful progress across the global healthcare sector,” Singer added.
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