The 13th Turkmen-German Health Forum is being held by videoconference from Ashgabat, focusing on artificial intelligence in medicine, advanced diagnostics and specialised surgery, reported News Central Asia (nCa).
The two-day forum opened on November 12 and continued on November 13. It is organised by Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Health and Medical Industry and hosted from the International Educational and Scientific Center in Ashgabat. Sessions cover paediatrics, rheumatology, rehabilitation, urology, neurosurgery, oncology, endocrinology and neurology.
The German delegation is led by Professor Klaus Parkhofer of the Grosshadern University Hospital in Munich. On the Turkmen side, the participants include faculty of the Myrat Garryev State Medical University and doctors from eight specialised centres in Ashgabat and Arkadag city, plus hospitals in the Balkan, Dashoguz, Lebap and Mary regions.
The forum has been held every year since 2011. It runs under a memorandum between Turkmenistan’s health ministry and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Health, and a cooperation agreement with the clinic of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. President Serdar Berdimuhamedov approved this year’s preparations at a Cabinet meeting on November 1.
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November 13, 2026