The Open-Eye Project—one of the initiatives led by the Vision Organization—is focused on developing a roadmap to guide strategic solutions for the health sector challenges in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. This initiative is directly tied to the everyday lives of the city’s residents. The roadmap is presented to decision-makers and concerned stakeholders in the region as an urgent and practical path toward addressing the current crises in the health system.

These challenges include, but are not limited to, the absence of political will and clear decision-making, a critical lack of budget allocation, the absence of a regional strategic health plan, and the lack of an integrated electronic health information system, among several other structural issues. Collectively, these problems have contributed to the current state of stagnation in the healthcare sector.

This roadmap is the product of the experience, efforts, and dedication of key decision-makers and prominent professionals within Sulaymaniyah’s health sector. It draws upon the knowledge of administrators, academics, and compassionate figures in the community, including Dr. Sabah Nasraddin (General Director of Health, Sulaymaniyah), Dr. Makwan Jamil (Director of the KRG Bank, Sulaymaniyah Branch), Dr. Haval Abubakr (the current Governor of Sulaymaniyah), Dr. Abdulfattah Hamrahim Hawrami (a leading academic and public health specialist at University of Sulaimani) and Dr. Aras Bradosti (a prominent public health advocate and media figure) each one of them plays a crucial role in shaping health sector in the region, as well as numerous other dedicated health, economic, and civil society actors.