Egypt

Health Systems 20/20 is working with the Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH) on Egypt's fourth round of National Health Accounts (NHA) estimates to capture public, private, and donor contributions, in addition to examining overall health care expenditures.

As part of an effort to upgrade the leadership and management skills in the Egyptian public health care sector, Health Systems 20/20, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH), hosted the first Leadership Café meeting April 25, 2009, with guest speaker Dr. Nancy Kane, Professor of Management and Associate Dean for Educational Programs, Harvard School of Public Health.

One of the key challenges facing the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its reform efforts is ensuring that Egypt has the right human capacities and workforce in place to roll out and sustain reforms.

To address this issue, the MOH and Health Systems 20/20 brought together providers from MOH hospitals, university professors, and MOH representatives for a four-day “Expert Opinion Workshop for Setting Hospital Workforce Standards” in March 2009 to reach consensus on a series of workforce standards for hospitals.

Leadership and management training is an essential ingredient in any strategy aimed at bringing about organizational change to strengthen health services. Health Systems 20/20, in collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Health (MOH), recently announced plans to establish a “Leadership Academy” as a sustainable Egyptian institution to build management capacities within the public health care system. Leading MOH officials and health experts gathered in Cairo in January for an orientation session to launch plans for the Academy.

His Excellency (H.E.), the Minister of Health, Prof. Dr. Hatem El Gabaly, defined NHA as a key tool in improving the effectiveness of health systems to achieve Egypt’s health reform objectives in opening a two-day NHA workshop in Cairo March 31-April 1.