The Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority met with Dr. Hanan Hassan Balhki, the Regional Director for North and East Mediterranean at the World Health Organization, to discuss deepening cooperation between the Authority and the WHO.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority: Reviewed the outcomes of national and regional cooperation with the World Health Organization and its prominent role in technical support for the universal health insurance system.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority: Emphasized the importance of collaborating with the World Health Organization to benefit from its expertise in human capacity building and training our workforce for the implementation of the second phase of the universal health insurance system.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority: We are considering launching a virtual platform sponsored by the WHO Regional Office Emro to share experiences and exchange experiences among 22 countries in the field of universal health coverage, with the participation of all stakeholders in the health sector.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority: Highlights the importance of documenting and disseminating the pioneering Egyptian experience in the structural and financial health transformation through universal health coverage.
The Egypt Health Care Authority is about to open the first virtual hospital in Ismailia Governorate, the first of its kind in Africa and the largest in the Middle East, using smart digital solutions and telemedicine in diagnosis and treatment.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority: Enhancing access to health services, cooperation in containing health emergencies, and building national cadres are among the most important topics on the agenda for cooperation with the World Health Organization.
Chairman of the Egypt Health Care Authority invites the Regional Director of North and East Mediterranean at the World Health Organization to visit the Authority's facilities in the provinces of the universal health insurance system to closely evaluate the experience.
The Regional Director of North and East Mediterranean at the World Health Organization praised Egypt's historical role in containing the health and humanitarian disaster in Gaza and Sudan, and appreciated the tangible qualitative leap in the quality and comprehensiveness of the services provided by the Egypt Health Care Authority.
The Regional Director of North and East Mediterranean at the World Health Organization: We focus our efforts on improving public health in the region through several key axes of our strategy, the most important of which are enhancing the response to health emergencies, preventing infectious diseases, strengthening health systems to achieve universal health coverage, and supporting member states' efforts to localize the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry.
The meeting was attended by key figures from both the Egypt Health Care Authority and the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, discussing further details and operational aspects of the proposed collaborations and initiatives.
