Enhancing international partnerships to support universal healthcare insurance for all Egyptians

Minister of Finance, Ahmed Kouchouk, affirmed that we look forward to launching inventive mechanisms to provide finance for healthcare system in Egypt, pointing out that we are keen to strengthen international partnerships with different partners to support universal healthcare insurance for all Egyptians.

 

"Investment in healthcare is a top priority in the public spending on human development, as a sum of EGP 617.9bn is allocated for healthcare sector this fiscal year," said Kouchouk, in his meeting with WHO Regional Director, Hanan Balkhy. "Financial sustainability of Egyptian healthcare system helps to achieve expansion in providing decent service for citizens," added Kouchouk.

 

"We are willing to cooperate with Egypt in supporting inventive finance for healthcare systems, as well as supporting the Egyptian efforts to develop policies that aim to provide access to decent healthcare service for all citizens," said Hanan Balkhy, WHO Regional Director, in presence of Mai Farid, CEO of the Universal Health Insurance Authority. "We look forward to working together to expand the finance provided for healthcare to improve the quality of service in favor of citizens," added Balkhy.

 

Balkhy highlighted the importance of the continuous technical cooperation and exchange of expertise in the field of providing finance for healthcare systems, which contributes to achieving sustainable development goals in the healthcare sector.