Baseline Assessment of Egypt's Deconcentrated Health Sector: A Case Study of Beheira Governorate

Client
Egyptian Decentralization Initiative – AECOM/USAID
Faculty
Paul Smoke
Team
Akua Apraku, Suhaly Bautista, Aicha Benmansour

The Egyptian Decentralization Initiative (EDI) is an AECOM/USAID project designed to support Egypt's emergent vision of a more decentralized govern­ment. USAID works at local and central levels of government to support Egypt's efforts towards decentralization. Egypt has a legacy of centralized government, but the national government recently decided to promote decentralization by empowering the local administration as part of a larger national development strategy. To ensure access to quality health care services, the government is considering how to deliver and finance services in a way that involves local com­munities in identifying priorities and mak­ing decisions. At EDI's request, the team assessed the deconcentrated health sector, analyzed the administrative structure in the Beheira governorate, and completed a comprehensive baseline assessment in preparation of a health specific national decentralization strategy.