Iraq’s Minister of Health, Saleh Al-Hasnawi, announced the launch of the Digital Center for Health Insurance Services and the official rollout of the Dhamani platform, marking a significant step in digitizing healthcare under the country’s Health Insurance Law.
The Dhamani platform enables registered citizens to sign up, update personal data, and manage medical services online. It is supported by a smart magnetic card that stores a complete electronic medical record, including patient history, diagnoses, medications, and laboratory results.
Al-Hasnawi described the initiative as the first phase of Iraq’s broader transition toward full healthcare automation, aimed at improving efficiency, transparency, and continuity of care across the public health system.
Ali Ahmed Ubaid, Director General of the Health Insurance Fund, revealed that the 2026 plan targets coverage for three million citizens. The rollout will begin in Baghdad for one million residents, followed by two million more across nine provinces, based on population distribution.
The electronic health insurance system will be implemented gradually in Baghdad and more comprehensively in other provinces. Beneficiaries will receive biometric cards to access services under the new system.
Hassanein Shabar, Head of the Iraqi Doctors Syndicate, described the Dhamani platform as a historic milestone, introducing a unified digital system for managing health insurance from registration and treatment to financial administration.
