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The Communication for Healthy Living Project is a collaborative
project between the Egyptian government and the U.S. Agency for
International Development. Technical assistance is provided by
the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for
Communication Programs, a lead member in the Health
Communication Partnership comprising: Academy for Educational
Development, Save the Children, The International HIV/AIDS
Alliance, and Tulane University’s School of Public Health and
Tropical Medicine.
CHL works with a number of implementing partners in the public,
NGO, and private sectors, and organizes the coordination of work
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Ministry
of Health and Population |
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The Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) is the lead
government agency responsible for health policy and services in
Egypt, including the setting of national priorities for health
communication. The MOHP operates a network of over 4000 health
clinics, and a cadre of health outreach workers, the Raedat
Refayat, who provide health information to local communities.
For more information about the Ministry of Health and
Population, visit their website (in Arabic) at (http://www.mohp.gov.eg/) |
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Ministry
of Information-State Information Services |
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The Information, Education and Communication Center of the State
Information Service under the Ministry of Information (SIS-IEC
Center) is Egypt’s lead agency in family planning and family
health promotion. The SIS conducts public information campaigns
through an effective mix of mass media, community mobilization
and interpersonal interventions. It is headquartered in Cairo
and has a network of more than 60 Local Information Centers (LICs)
located throughout the country.
The Resource Center maintains a state-of-the-art on-line
materials database containing an electronic archive of IEC
materials from Egypt and the region, accessible in Arabic and
English.
For more information about the Ministry of Information-State
Information Services, visit their website at:
http://www.sis.gov.eg/ |
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USAID |
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The United States and Egypt began working together on health
programs and projects in 1975. Since1983, the program has
emphasized strategies and activities that have successfully
reduced infant and child illness and mortality. While earlier
programs focused on women and children, current programs target
families.
USAID/Egypt’s Strategic Objective (SO) 20, “Healthier, Planned
Families,” will contribute to the Government of Egypt’s (GOE)
efforts to reduce population growth, promote infection
prevention practices, reduce maternal and child mortality, as
well as promote healthy lifestyles and advance health sector
reform. As the fifth and final planned health and population
program between USAID and the GOE, sustainability is of prime
importance to the success of SO 20.
SO 20’s six Intermediate Results (IRs) form a cohesive framework
that is organized into management units. Each unit is associated
with a project and has distinct program areas and results.
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IR 20.1 Improved
Maternal and Child Health (HM/HC).
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IR 20.2 Improving
Our Health Through Planning Our Families(FP/RH).
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IR 20.3 Improved
Surveillance and Response to Infectious Disease (IDSR).
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IR 20.4 More
Effective Communication for Healthy Living (CHL).
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IR 20.5 Health
Workforce Development (HWD).
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IR 20.6 Focus on
Family Health (FFH).
For more
information, visit
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Health Communication
Partnership |
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The Health
Communication Partnership (HCP) (www.hcpartnership.org) links
five leading institutions together to accomplish its goal of
strengthening public health in the developing world through
strategic communication programs. HCP and its partners work to
create an environment that supports individuals, families, and
communities to act positively for their own health and to
advocate for and have access to quality services.
Supported by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID), HCP’s reach is global with programs in
Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Near East, and Europe/Eurasia.
Core Partners in the Health Communication Partnership are:
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Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication
Programs (JHU-CCP) |
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Technical assistance
to the CHL project is provided by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg
School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs (JHU-CCP)
(http://www.jhuccp.org/), a pioneer in the field of strategic,
research-based communication for behavior change and health
promotion and a lead member of the
Health Communication
Partnership. JHU-CCP has been working on national health
campaigns in Egypt since the mid-1980s, building on successful
predecessor projects through the cooperative efforts of USAID
and the Government of Egypt that began in the mid-1970s. |
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Others |
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Several other
organizations and projects have been working in related health
areas in Egypt, often in close coordination with CHL. These
include the following:
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