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EGYPT: ProjectsEgypt Overview | Current Projects | Publications
Takamol
 In March, 2006, Pathfinder was awarded a contract from USAID to conduct a new five-year project in Egypt known as Takamol. Named after the Arabic word for "integration," Takamol promotes an integrated model for strengthening maternal/child health, family planning, and reproductive health services. As the culmination of nearly three decades of USAID assistance to Egypt in these areas, Takamol is working to prepare the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population to fully support and sustain these services as USAID phases out its assistance.
Specifically, the project:
- Supports the Ministry of Health in training and building the capacity of its health system managers, service providers and staff;
- Scales up global and Egyptian best practices to ensure that high quality integrated services are available at the community level; and
- Encourages the committed involvement of male and female religious leaders, corporations, local businesses, and civil society in taking ownership of community health.
Project interventions target 200 primary health care units in 12 Upper and Lower Egypt governorates, selected urban poor areas in Cairo, Giza, and Alexandria, and 25 district/general hospitals in Lower Egypt.
The Takamol integrated model strengthens the capacities of these facilities to better serve the needs of their communities through renovations and the provision of equipment, training, outreach, and community participation. Two cross-cutting themes, gender and social responsibility, have also been woven into all of the project’s activities so that communities and corporations contribute to health care improvement and facilitate women’s empowerment.
Pathfinder’s team in the Takamol Project includes:
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Takamol builds upon the work of the TAHSEEN project, launched in 2003 by Pathfinder and the CATALYST consortium. Through collaboration with the Government of Egypt, TAHSEEN focused its efforts on improving access to quality reproductive health services, particularly among underserved and high-risk populations. It also worked to build the institutional capacity of Egypt's commercial and non-governmental sectors.
This information is made possible by the support of the American People through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this page are the sole responsibility of Pathfinder International and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government.
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