"Health oversight" Announces its services to qualify health facilities to obtain "Accreditation"
Dr. confirmed. Ahmed Taha, Chairman of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control, stressed the Authority’s keenness towards promoting a culture of continuous improvement within health facilities, in order to achieve the best results for beneficiaries and keep pace with the state’s vision to improve the quality of health care, indicating that the Authority is playing its role in supporting national efforts to achieve international quality standards and ensure safety. Patients, which reflects the commitment to providing safe and effective health services consistent with the highest level of quality.
He stated that the Authority has so far accredited 429 facilities. And 58309 A member of the medical professions in various governorates of the Republic, noting that the Authority is committed to continuing to develop human capabilities, and ensuring that health facilities adhere to applying national quality standards, to support the comprehensive health insurance system, and to achieve the best health experience for the Egyptian citizen.
Dr. explained. Ahmed Taha, the role of the Jahar Training Center in providing specialized training programs and workshops aimed at raising the efficiency of workers in the health sector and enhancing their skills, which were designed to comply with international standards, pointing out that training programs are provided within the Authority’s headquarters or at the headquarters of health authorities. With the aim of stimulating innovation and developing the capabilities of health service providers, to ensure that their performance is improved in line with the rapid changes in the health sector and contribute to enabling health facilities to provide advanced and safe health care.
He said that spreading a culture of quality and patient safety is an important step. It is a basic priority in our efforts to achieve comprehensive health care reform, pointing out that the training programs include a comprehensive introduction to national safety requirements, such as patient safety standards, infection control, medication management, surgical safety, and environmental and medical facility standards, which contributes to developing the efficiency of the health system.
The head of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control stated that the training center succeeded in implementing 137 diverse training programs, from which 11,759 trainees from various health sectors benefited. The center was also able to design and implement a program GAHAR EGY-CAP was approved by the Egyptian Health Council, making it the first specialized certificate accredited to prepare certified specialists in the quality of health facilities. The first batch of holders of this certificate was graduated, which included 31 specialists.
And in the context of strengthening partnerships with… Academic institutions: The General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control has signed cooperation protocols with a number of Egyptian universities to grant a quality diploma focusing on international GAHAR standards. The programs include teaching quality standards for basic care centers in addition to programs Supplementary training at the Authority’s headquarters, where experts in health care quality supervise the training process.
Within the framework of implementing the decision of Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly regarding the role of the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control in reviewing the engineering designs of government health facilities, and the decision of Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, by reviewing the engineering designs of private health facilities, explained Dr. Ahmed Taha, said that the Authority’s Safe Health Design Committee reviewed the architectural and engineering designs of (485) projects from various sectors since the beginning of the committee’s work in March 2021 until now.
Dr. explained. Ahmed Taha, said that reviewing engineering designs is a strategic step to enhance the efficiency of operating health facilities and reduce waste of resources, while ensuring the achievement of the highest levels of quality in the provision of health services, stressing the Authority’s commitment to continue working to improve health infrastructure, in cooperation with all concerned parties, to support the vision of The state is developing the health care sector and achieving comprehensive health coverage.
Within the framework of the role of the Health Accreditation and Oversight Authority in providing technical support to various health facilities to be able to conduct self-evaluation and develop performance to understand and apply the quality standards issued by GAHAR, the total Number of technical support programs that The Authority implemented a number of (1,444) programs from 2019 until the end of January 2025, which included field visits and remote support to health facilities affiliated with various sectors to train them on the use of self-evaluation tools, which the Authority provides free of charge through its website.
