Assistance for the Formulation of a Health Sector Policy Support Programme

The Government of Egypt is stressing the need for extending social protection, accelerating the reform of the health sector and restructuring the health insurance system and asked for the preparation of a package of the needed reform, closely associating stakeholders and donors. The general objective of the EC support is the growing availability of affordable health care services of good quality to the Egyptian population, with emphasis on family medicine and on vulnerable and presently under-served groups. The corner stone of the first phase of the Egyptian Health Sector Reform Programme (HSRP-I, 1997-2006) has been the introduction of the “Family Health Model” in 5 governorates. Its global aim is to raise the quality and attractiveness of primary health care in Egypt.