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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

3 ministries collaborate with WHO and the International Telecommunication Union to harness mobile technology to serve diabetic patients in Egypt 24 February 2016, Cairo, Egypt — Globally, the average person checks their phone around 85 times a day and spends one third of their waking hours using their phone. While sometimes seen as a negative...