Infrastructure required to implement 1st phase of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System costs LE34B

Infrastructure required to implement 1st phase of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System costs LE34B

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CAIRO – 16 December 2020: Deputy Minister of Health and Population Ahmed al-Sobky told Egypt Today that the infrastructure required to implement the first phase of the Universal Health Insurance System costs LE34.08 billion.

 

Sobky clarified that the ministry works on eight aspects that are: strategic planning; infrastructure and equipment; automation and digitalization; institutional transformation; training human resources; the registration of citizens; the registration of doctors and medical establishments; and, awareness and media.

 

The strategic planning involves determining the demography of each governorate in order to identify its medical needs. The infrastructure and equipment aspect is about devising plans for renovating and upgrading medical establishments as well as building new ones, if needed. For the system to be implemented in a smooth modern fashion, cables, devices, and software programs are being introduced in order to create databases and carry out various processes.

 

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