Dr. Hossam Badrawi attends the annual international conference of the National Planning Institute

At the invitation of Dr. Ashraf El-Arabi, today, Tuesday, June 25, 2023, Dr. Hossam Badrawi attended the annual international conference of the National Planning Institute as chair of its first session under the title “Health and Sustainable Development,” financing and investment in the health sector, which was attended as speakers by: A. Sherif Sami, a financial expert and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Asset Management and Investment Company and a member of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Comprehensive Health Insurance – Dr. Sameh Al-Saharti, Head of the Human Development Program in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries – Prof. Dr. Michael Sparer from Columbia University – Prof. Heba Nassar is Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University and former Vice President of Cairo University.
Dr. said. Hossam: There is no doubt that the citizen’s right to obtain health care in his country has become one of the most important pillars of society, a manifestation of its civilization, and an important basis for its stability and satisfaction. The concept of health care has been extended to include, in addition to providing diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, the concept of maintaining public health within the framework of development. humanity to society. Health care depends on specific foundations, the most important of which are its availability to the citizen near where he lives and works, its availability of a certain quality, the citizen’s ability to obtain it and his ability to bear its costs in relation to his income.
Whereas the cost of health care is rising day by day, due to the high value of medical devices, the need to develop them, and the high prices of medicine and diagnostic procedures. The prices of medical supplies used in operations are also linked to foreign currency. We must think in more innovative ways about how to devise different ways to continue providing health care to citizens, with high quality, and define a new role for the Ministry of Health in society with its political, economic and social changes.
The right of citizens to obtain appropriate health care must depend on their needs and not on their ability to pay the costs of this care. Since health care is neither a product like others nor a service like others in society, it may, by its nature, be unexpected and may be expensive. Therefore, Our approach must be to pool the available energies, work within a systemic framework instead of dispersed efforts, and develop future strategies, taking into account population growth and the capabilities of the citizen and the state to achieve goals that cannot be conceded to the citizen, regardless of his financial ability.
Our vision towards health care in Egypt must focus on the needs of citizens as individuals, and society as a whole, and we believe that this does not only require increased resources and public investment in the field of health, but also requires human development in this sector for doctors, qualified nurses, and specialists in health care ancillary services. As well as setting priorities, integrating the community and its participation as service providers, recipients and their families in this vision, and effectiveness in using available resources.