Egypt’s Health Minister Chairs First Meeting of Committee to Accelerate Universal Health Insurance

Egyptian Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar chaired the first meeting of a committee tasked with accelerating the implementation of the country’s universal health insurance system on Monday.

The meeting took place at the ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital.

The committee was formed under a decision issued by the prime minister in 2026. Its remit is to speed up the rollout of universal health insurance.

The brief account of the meeting did not specify any decisions taken or provide a timetable for the next stages of implementation.