This theme involves the study and implementation of strategies to manage diseases, particularly chronic and communicable diseases. It includes burden of disease studies and prevention, early detection, treatment, and management strategies to reduce disease burden and improve patient outcomes. Its sub-themes include:
Non-communicable diseases (chronic diseases, lifestyle-related diseases)
Communicable diseases (emerging and re-emerging diseases, infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance)
Diseases of rapid urbanization and industrialization
This theme focuses on the application of Halal principles in the context of health and healthcare. It includes areas such as Halal pharmaceuticals and Halal food and nutrition. Its sub-themes include:
Development and production of Halal pharmaceuticals
Halal food and nutrition (integration and mainstreaming of Halal in the food and beverage industry)
This theme involves the study and implementation of strategies to prepare for, respond to, and recover from health emergencies and disasters. It includes areas such as disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and emergency response. This also includes a focus on crises that may originate in the interface between humans, animals, and the environments in which they interact. Its sub-themes include:
Disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation of health systems
Environmental health and sanitation
One Health (human health, animal health, environmental health, and plant health)
This theme focuses on the development and application of innovative solutions to health challenges, including the discovery and development of new drugs, diagnostic tools, and treatment approaches. It also includes areas such as biotechnology and precision medicine. Its sub-themes include:
Drug discovery
Natural therapeutic products and ethnobotanical research
Traditional, complementary, and integrative health care
Biotechnology and biomedical devices
Precision medicine
Digital and artificial intelligence interventions for health
Health product regulation and assessment
This theme focuses on the health needs and challenges of populations that are particularly vulnerable due to factors such as socioeconomic status, geographical location, gender, race, ethnicity, age, or disability. It aims to address health disparities and promote health equity. Its sub-themes include:
Health of indigenous cultural communities
Health equity and inclusion
Transgender health
Geriatric health
This theme focuses on empowering individuals and communities to manage their health through education, health literacy, and innovative strategies. It involves creating health-supportive environments and organizing societal actions for health promotion and protection. Its sub-themes include:
Health promotion, communication, and education
Health literacy
Healthy governance
Healthy settings
Innovative approaches in health promotion and education
This theme focuses on improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and responsiveness of health systems to ensure equitable access to quality health care services for all individuals. It encompasses areas such as health governance, service delivery, financing, human resources, and information systems, all aimed at achieving the provisions of the Universal Health Care Act of 2019. Its sub-themes include:
Health governance and policies
Health service delivery (primary care, health care provider networks)
Health financing
Health human resources
Health information systems (local and healthcare provider network integration)
Improving access to medicines, including enhancements in quality and affordability
Evaluation of health systems and programs
This theme focuses on the health and wellbeing of mothers, children, and adolescents. It includes areas such as neonatal health, child health, and adolescent health, with a focus on reducing mortality and morbidity and promoting healthy development. Its sub-themes include:
Maternal, child, and neonatal health
Maternal morbidity and mortality
Prenatal care
Immunization
This theme focuses on the promotion, prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of mental health conditions. It includes areas such as mental health promotion, mental health of children and adolescents, and mental health and substance abuse. Its sub-themes include:
Mental health of children, adolescents, and students
Mental health in the workplace
Mental health promotion
Mental health and substance abuse
Emerging interventions for mental health across the life stages
This theme focuses on ensuring that all individuals have access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life. It also includes food security, which encompasses eradicating hunger, addressing malnutrition, and promoting sustainability. Its sub-themes include:
Food security, product development, and emerging technologies
Nutrition and food safety
Addressing all forms of malnutrition across life stages
Multisectoral nutrition interventions
This theme covers aspects related to sexual health and reproductive rights, including family planning, sexually transmitted infections, gender-based violence, and sexual health education. It aims to ensure that all individuals can have a satisfying and safe sex life, the capability to reproduce, and the freedom to decide if, when, and how often to do so. Its sub-themes include:
Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health
Reproductive health and rights
Sexual health and education
Gender-based violence
This theme involves the study of social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health outcomes.
Socioeconomic factors (income, education, literacy, employment, access to digital technology)
Physical environment (safe water and clean air, healthy workplaces)
Health behaviors and lifestyle
Cultural factors (norms and values, health beliefs and perceptions)
Social determinants and health outcomes