♦ Dubai will host the third international AYUSH conference and exhibition from February 15 to 17, 2026, at the Dubai World Trade Centre. This brings together practitioners, researchers, policymakers, industry representatives and students of traditional systems of medicine from more than 35 countries.

♦ The event is being organised by Science India Forum in association with the World Ayurveda Foundation, under the patronage of India’s ministry of AYUSH and the consulate general of India in Dubai, with support from the Global Homeopathic Foundation, the Emirates Ayurveda Graduates Association and other AYUSH organisations from America, Australia, the Far East, West Asia and Africa. 

♦ The conference is themed “Evidence based AYUSH interventions in mind-body health” and aims to promote AYUSH as a recognised healthcare system. It will include about 75 invited talks, 250 oral presentations, 200 poster sessions and a short film festival on AYUSH systems of medicine. More than 1,200 delegates are expected to attend. 

♦ Ayurveda, Unani, homeopathy and naturopathy have been approved medical systems in the UAE since 2002.