Geographic Area:

Governorate of Beheira, Kafr el Shaik, Gharbia, Menoufeia and Alexandria 

Area of Development:

Social and human development

Sector:

Health

Executive body:

DGCS

Institutional counterpart:

Ministry of health

Other funding parties:

Egyptian government

Beneficiaries:

Sanitary personnel and the population

Period of implementation:

2003 - 2005

Amount and nature of the funds:

342,000 € grant through the debt swap

Type of intervention:

Capacity building and training

Objective:

Medical training

Description of the project:

The project proposes once more the positive experience of the Italian Cooperation in the governorate of Beheira in the framework of the training of health personnel specialized in the control, cure and prevention of specific pathologies like schistose and intestinal infections.

It tackles also the phenomenon of the malnutrition that hits in particular the children of the rural areas of Delta.

Press release