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WHO Egypt and the UK strengthen collaboration to support Palestinian patients in Egypt
5 May 2025, Cairo, Egypt – WHO Egypt has signed a new £1 million funding agreement with the UK Government to help provide high-quality medical care for patients who have been evacuated from Gaza to receive treatment in Egypt. The project aims to support around 4000 individuals, including trauma patients and those with chronic conditions. The new...
Egypt becomes the first country in the Region to achieve hepatitis B control status
1 May 2025, Cairo, Egypt – In December 2024, Egypt became the first country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region to achieve hepatitis B control status. Egypt's success in reducing hepatitis B prevalence to less than 1% among children aged 5 and above, and in maintaining vaccination coverage of over 90% for both the birth and third dose, is the...
Egypt celebrates the graduation of the first One Health Field Epidemiology Training Programme cohort
1 May 2025, Cairo, Egypt – In a landmark achievement for public health, the Ministry of Health and Population, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Egypt, celebrated the graduation of the first cohort of the One Health Field Epidemiology Training Programme. This pioneering initiative, which aims to strengthen national...
WHO and KSrelief sign an agreement to support Sudanese renal failure patients in Egypt
5 March 2025, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia – The World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt and the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) have signed an agreement to support patients displaced by the war in Sudan and who are suffering from renal failure in Egypt. The agreement is valued at US$ 3.6 million and is expected to benefit more...
WHO and the UK sign an agreement to support patients from Gaza in Egypt
28 October 2024, Cairo, Egypt – WHO Egypt and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office signed a £1 million agreement to respond to the health needs of people evacuated from the Gaza Strip for treatment in Egypt. Through the partnership, which will extend from 2024 to 2025, WHO will support the Ministry of Health and Population and...
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population, WHO and USAID conclude a two-year project to strengthen the COVID-19 response and One Health approach in Egypt
26 September 2024, Cairo, Egypt – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) held a closing event for a joint project supporting COVID-19 response activities and strengthening the One Health approach in Egypt. The project was led by the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and the...
