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WHO support gives new life to Syrian refugees in Egypt requiring emergency medical care
7 May 2017 – “I left Syria to keep my family safe. In my home in Rural Damascus, I couldn’t go to work and my children couldn’t go to school for fear of the bombs,” said Mohammed, sitting in the Syrian Cultural Centre in Cairo, Egypt, with his 4-year-old son, Obai, on his lap. And then, Mohammed’s face changed “I could not believe that after all we...
WHO support to the national joint committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Health and Population in the field of public health emergency
27 February- 2017 | Cairo – The WHO country office in Egypt received a courtesy invitation from the national joint committee of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Health and Population to discuss public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC) on 26 February 2017. Dr Jean Jabbour, WHO Representative in Egypt,...
Training on acute flaccid paralysis for surveillance officers
27 November 2016 – The WHO country office in Egypt organized training on acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) for surveillance officers under the national Expanded Programme on Immunization, with the collaboration of the Ministry of Health and Population, in Sharm El-Sheikh, from 19 to 24 November 2016. About 50 participants from national and...
Celebration of United Nations Day in Egypt
10 November 2016 – The WHO country office in Egypt participated in the celebration to commemorate the anniversary of the day that the United Nations officially came into being. This year’s observance of United Nations Day occurs at a time when humanity has entered the era of sustainability, with a global commitment to fulfil the great promise of the...
National injection practice assessment
13 September 2016 – As a part of the national injection safety project, an injection practice assessment begun on 12 August 2016. The assessment includes two elements: holding focus group discussions to assess the knowledge, practice and perceptions of health care workers at hospitals (public and private), primary health care centres and...
Workshop on improving cause of death automated reporting
Egypt has a strong system for birth and death registrations. It is estimated that more than 95% of all births and deaths in the country are registered as per national and WHO estimations, there is a general consensus on the need to improve cause of death reporting through improving capacity for proper death certificate recording and International...
