Support to Egypt for COVID-19 Screening

This project intends to provide health services to poor and vulnerable women and men including refugees and displaced persons residing in Egypt in the Governorates of Gharbia Monofiya North Sinai Aswan and Giza. This project aims to procure deliver and install three CT scanners to three public hospitals in Egypt serving the lower to lower-middle income population which include (1) Kafr El Zayat General Hospital (Gharbia Governorate); (2) Monofia General Hospital (Monofiya Governorate); and( 3) Imbaba General Hospital (Giza Governorate). Also the project seeks to procure deliver and install 5 X-ray machines in 5 public hospitals in Egypt which include: (1) Alsadaka general hospital (Aswan Governorate); (2) Edfo general hospital (Aswan Governorate); (3) Al-Areesh general hospital (North Sinai Governorate); (4) Beer Al-Abd district hospital (North Sinai Governorate); and (5) Al-Sheikh Zowayed district hospital (North Sinai Governorate). The X-rays will increase the Egyptian healthcare system’s capacity to provide health and diagnostic services to marginalized populations particularly those suffering from COVID-19 women refugees and displaced persons residing in regions impacted by the pandemic and the conflicts in Sudan and Gaza.

The expected results of this project include: 1) building resilience to health-related crises and shocks in order to safeguard development gains in Egypt during the COVID-19 pandemic; and 2) increase screening services in public hospitals serving the poorest and most affected population of Gharbia Monofiya North Sinai Aswan and Giza.