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4 years harvest by the Egypt Healthcare Authority of the Universal Health Insurance System Four years
after the launch of the new Universal health insurance system by the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, President Abd-elfattah El-Sisi, the historic leader of Egypt Universal health reform, from Port Said governorate in July 2019, the system was officially launched in November of the same year.
The General Authority for Health Care, headed by Dr. Ahmed El-Sobky, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Authority, and the General Supervisor of the Universal Health Insurance and Decent Life Projects of the Ministry of Health and Population, has announced the most significant achievements of the Authority, as the main State arm in regulating and regulating the provision of the services of the Universal Health Insurance System, through the implementation of the four years of its implementation.
The Infographic referred to the launch of the Universal health insurance system in four provinces to date, which began in July 2019 with the pilot launch of the system from the province of Port Said, the nucleus of the new system. In November of the same year, His Excellency the President of the Republic officially announced the operation of the system in Port Said.
In February 2021, H.E. President Abd-elfattah El-Sisi, from within the Ismaili Medical Complex, launched the Universal Health Insurance System in the three governorates of the shortest, the Ismailian and the southern Sinai, via the technology of the "Video Conference," to date, providing 24.5 million medical and treatment services through its health facilities, which cover all four governorates.
More than 5 million citizens had been registered in the six governorates of the first stage of the implementation of universal health insurance, which included the governorates of Port-Said, Luxor, Ismaili, South Sinai, Suez and Aswan, and referred to health facilities of the health-care authority of the six governorates of the first phase of the implementation of the Universal health insurance system, which included 297 health establishments.
In addition to providing more than 10.5 million family medicine services at the family medical facilities of the Egypt Healthcare Authority in these governorates, the Infographic indicated that approximately 14 million medical services were provided at the hospitals of the Egypt Healthcare Authority in the four governorates.
Under the umbrella of universal health insurance, 375,000 operations were carried out under the umbrella of the Egypt Healthcare Authority hospitals in the four governorates, indicating the development of numerous medical techniques, the packaging of treatment services and the highest global standards, such as the replacement of the valve with TAVI, the aorta aneurysm therapy using the EVAR-covered pillar, and techniques developed for the conduct of microscope surgery, gastrointestinal and pulse heart surgery.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has established more than 4.3 million consolidated medical files in the departments of the Universal Health Insurance System. The total number of approved and registered medical establishments of the Authority, in accordance with the standards of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control (GAHAR), is 127.
More than 52 hospitals and 320 district family medical units and centers have been developed and established through the Ministry of Health and Population at a cost of more than £53 billion, which has resulted in a reduction in personal spending rates from the pocket from 62.3% to less than 47% in Port Said governorate after one year of application, a 100% mechanization of primary care units and centers in the first phase of the Universal Health Insurance governorates and 85% of hospitals.
More than 3.5 million medicines and medical supplies have been supplied in accordance with the global GS1 code, in cooperation with the Egyptian Medicine Authority and the United Procurement Authority. More than 18 million mechanized prescriptions have been issued and the electronic prescription system has been successful. The number of doctors and nurses in the Agency medical facilities has been doubled, wage scales have been improved, and 5322 training programs have been offered to medical staff in the governorates health-care facilities.
In order to attract foreign arrivals and treat them at the Authority provincial hospitals, the Egypt Healthcare Authority concluded with the launching of its therapeutic tourism project under the slogan in Egypt we take care of you in order to achieve its strategy of placing Egypt at the top of the world therapeutic tourism map, in line with the Authority strategic objectives and Egypt vision 2030.
