Continuous professional development and health sector governance in Egypt

The Authors present the main activities and results of a Project financed by the Italian-Egyptian Debt Swap Agreement (IEDDS/DS) of the Italian Development Cooperation to repay public debt. The Health Governance Project operated within the Egyptian health reform paradigm and aimed at producing evidence for policy makers to direct and reorient the health sector and service management. It developed along three phases: i) preparatory training of trainers, ii) training in health governance according to modern andragogic methods, such as problem-based learning, iii) following implementation. Project strategy focused on a training of trainers method that allowed establishing a Health Governance Unit, that is successfully replicating the Health Governance Course. It established a collaborative ground in Alexandria Governorate, jointly with public and private sector stakeholders.