On October 16, 2025, the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Medical and Health Tourism: Problems and Prospects” was held in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, as part of the XIII St. Petersburg International Health Forum.
The conference was attended by heads and specialists of leading medical and health tourism institutions from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Uzbekistan.

The conference participants discussed such topical issues as:
– the current state and prospects for the development of medical and health tourism in Russia and the world;
– the potential of the health resort complex as a basis for the development of health tourism;
– innovations in medicine as a factor in the growth of medical and health tourism;
– the need to train specialized personnel for the field of medical and health tourism, etc.
A video presentation by Deputy Chairman of the Association of Medical Tourism of the Republic of Uzbekistan A. Akhmedov on the topic: “Medical Tourism in Uzbekistan: Status and Prospects for Cooperation with the Russian Federation” aroused great interest among the participants.
The resolution adopted at the end of the conference particularly emphasized the potential for developing mutually beneficial Russian-Uzbek relations in the field of medical tourism, exchanging expert experience, and expanding the scope of future cooperation.