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WHO and Japan sign new agreement to support Gazan patients in Egypt
Signing of the joint agreement between the Government of Japan and WHO Egypt Cairo, Egypt, 9 March 2026 – The WHO country office in Egypt has signed a new agreement with the Embassy of Japan to support the provision of emergency health care services to ill and injured Palestinian patients evacuated from the Gaza Strip to receive treatment in...
Joint project between WHO Egypt and KSrelief delivers 11 000 renal dialysis sessions for Sudanese patients in Egypt in 2025
WHO staff engaging with a Sudanese patient receiving care through the project. Photo credit: WHO15 January 2026 – By the end of 2025, WHO Egypt in collaboration with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), had enabled the provision of 11 000 dialysis sessions and 1166 essential medicines to Sudanese patients in Egypt with...
WHO strengthens capacities for field investigation and response to vaccine-preventable diseases
Ministry of Health and WHO officials, including Dr Kandeel and Dr Abid, engage with participants during the final session. Photo credit: WHO Egypt11 December 2025, Cairo, Egypt – The WHO Country Office in Egypt and the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, in collaboration with the Expanded Programme on Immunization at the Ministry of...
WHO Egypt launches a new national training-of-trainers programme on mass casualty management
WHO team delivering a presentation during the MCM training, Cairo/Egypt. Photo credit: WHO Academy10 December 2025, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO), with funding from the Government of the United Kingdom, launched Egypt’s second national training-of-trainers (ToT) programme on mass casualty management (MCM) for hospital...
First FETP vector-control cohort graduates in Egypt
Dr Abid and Dr Kandeel addressing graduates during the graduation ceremony. Photo credit: WHO Egypt10 December 2025, Cairo, Egypt – The first cohort of Egypt’s Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) specialized in vector control – the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa – has graduated. The training, hosted by the...
Strengthening vector control capacity: training of trainers on WHO susceptibility bioassays for mosquito vectors
Participants gained hands-on experience during the workshop. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Egypt4 December 2025, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) Country Office in Egypt, in collaboration with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean and the Central Public Health Laboratories (CPHL) at the Ministry of Health and Population,...
