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Egypt to take greater social protection measures to help poor, middle income classes

Submitted by dfabbri on Mon, 06/24/2019 - 08:54

Ahram Online (23.06.2019) Egypt’s parliament – the House of Representatives – began discussing the country’s state budget (2019/20) and development plan on Saturday. Minister of Finance Mohamed Mait told MPs in a plenary session that the government will do everything possible to protect poor and limited income classes against the hardships of economic reform.

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Egypt is about to launch Universal Health Coverage

Submitted by fabbri on Mon, 10/30/2017 - 15:45

HuffPost (30.10.2017) Egypt is about to offer all of its citizens health insurance for the first time in the North African country’s history. Prime Minister Sherif Ismail approved on Wednesday a new comprehensive health insurance bill after meeting with the Minister of Health, Ahmed Emad, to review final details of the law.

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Transforming livelihoods through cash transfers to more than 1.5 million families in Egypt

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 05/26/2017 - 16:44

worldbank.org (30.03.2017) Thanks to "Takaful and Karama" program, many of Egypt’s poorest families can now afford to keep their children in school and in better health. The monthly income they receive from the government is helping them buy their children food, school uniforms, and other supplies. 

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Egypt: Social protection programmes target poorest 10% of the population: Ghada Wali

Submitted by monitor on Mon, 04/10/2017 - 11:34

dailynewsegypt.com (25.09.2016) The government has adopted a social protection network to mitigate the potential negative effects of applying the economic reforms agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to put the economy back on track.

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Egypt: Government plans to expand social protection networks: Prime Minister

Submitted by monitor on Mon, 04/10/2017 - 11:34

dailynewsegypt (05.10.2016) The government plans to expand the implementation of social protection networks through providing social safety programmes for the most needy groups, said Prime Minister Sherif Ismail.

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Egypt: Government plans to expand social protection networks: Prime Minister

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 04/05/2017 - 16:16

dailynewsegypt (05.10.2016) The government plans to expand the implementation of social protection networks through providing social safety programmes for the most needy groups, said Prime Minister Sherif Ismail.

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Egypte : Assurance-maladie : Début de soulagement dans les campagnes

Submitted by monitor on Tue, 03/15/2016 - 15:47

Ahram Hebdo (09.03.2016) Une nouvelle loi destinée au monde agricole permet désormais d'alléger le fardeau financier des soins de santé des populations paysannes. Elles sont souvent frappées par des maladies difficilement curables à cause notamment du maniement de pesticides. Visite.

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