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World Bank approves $400m to support Egypt's Universal Health Insurance: Al-Mashat
Universal health insurance system, which will help Egyptians access the affordable health care they need without suffering financial hardships
Published in Daily News Egypt on 16 - 06 - 2020

The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved $400m to support Egypt's transformational Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS), Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation announced on Tuesday.
"Expanding health care services is a national priority for the Government of Egypt. The Universal Health Insurance project with the World Bank encompasses mandatory coverage for citizens and unifies, for the first time, efforts with the private sector. The project aims at achieving value care services, including to the most vulnerable, by eliminating existing disparities," said Al-Mashat.
The project supports the Government of Egypt's efforts to put in place the building blocks of the UHIS, to roll the system out in phase 1 governorates, and to offer temporary financial protection to the most vulnerable across the country to protect them from high out-of-pocket health expenditures resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak.
The UHIS will complement Egypt's focus on improving human capital. As an early adopter of the World Bank's Human Capital Project, the Egyptian government has committed to the ‘whole of government' approach to build, protect, and utilize human capital. The UHIS will contribute to building human capital through investing in the early years of life and providing better health care, antenatal care, and targeted childhood stimulation.
"We are pleased to partner with the World Bank to support Egypt's universal health insurance system, which will help Egyptians access the affordable health care they need without suffering financial hardships. The Project will support Egypt to achieve long-term stability in health financing with less dependence on the state budget and less exposure to economic fluctuations," said Minister of Finance Mohamed Maait.
"Our support will help Egypt increase its coverage of UHIS in six governorates, strengthen UHIS-related governance and institutions, and also provide temporary financial protection against high out of pocket health expenditures for vulnerable populations across the country," said Marina Wes, World Bank Country Director for Egypt, Yemen, and Djibouti.
The project is also complementary to the World Bank-financed COVID-19 Emergency Response Project approved last month for $50m in support to the Government of Egypt's immediate and critical requirements to tackle the COVID-19 response.
Egypt's Universal Health Insurance Law (UHIL) guides the implementation of the UHIS and accelerates progress toward UHC in line with the health pillar of Egypt‘s 2030 Sustainable Development Vision. The law envisions mandatory coverage for all citizens in the country, including vulnerable groups who will be subsidized by the government.
Over the years, the World Bank has strengthened its engagement in Egypt's health sector, including the Transforming Egypt's Healthcare System Project, which was launched in September 2018 to help improve health service delivery in Egypt. The Project supported the screening of 52 million citizens for Hepatitis C and Non-Communicable Diseases; provided ongoing treatment for 2.2 million patients, in addition to supporting the improvement of quality of care in 600 Primary Health Care facilities and 30 tertiary hospitals; trained and contracted 2,800 community health workers; boosted demand- and supply-side interventions for family planning programs; and provided advanced nucleic acid testing for public blood supply.


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