In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shamseya conducted this study to investigate the response to and level of worry of the community about the virus. This research also investigates the infection control measures taken by public spaces to limit transmission. We also present a brief reflection about the curfew measures […]
Eghospitals empowers real people from local communities. By training and giving local people a voice and the right tools, entire communities get to benefit. What is Eghopsitals? eghospitals.com is a website that serves as a tool for the community to monitor hospital service quality.Shamseya’s team of experts trains local community members […]
Throughout the first half of 2016, a series of training days were held in different governorates of upper Egypt including Aswan, Luxor, Qena, Sohag and Assiut. On Friday the 4th of August, eghospitals.com central team organized the last training session of upper Egypt in Minia governorate. Minia the newest member […]
On Wednesday August 3rd 2016, the national project coordinator and representatives of Shamseya visited the city of Sohag to join the assessors in their meeting with the Undersecretary of the Minister of Health Doctor Youssry Bayoumy, followed by a press conference to launch the report of the state of hospitals in Sohag for the year 2016
A diverse team of community assessors from Gharebeya has been trained in Mahala in October. We expect a lot from this amazing team and are looking forward to seeing the outcome of their work.
Eghospitals.com’s project director, Daniel Amoun, has just recently been elected as the newest Ashoka Arab World fellow.
Sohag, a focal point in Upper Egypt, hosted the first training for the also first independent community assessment team, during which, concepts of social accountability and active citizenship were presented to all attendees. Additionally, they were familiarized with common hospital structures, especially in terms of staff and services, to augment […]
Today, the eghospitals.com advisory board met on its first assembly to review the updates of the criteria and to follow up on the progress as a means to support the eghospitals.com team. Dr. Alaa Ghannam, Right to Health Program manager at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), directed the […]
To allow more interaction with the public, the eghospitals.com team released a social media campaign on Facebook and Twitter, which explains the assessment criteria. Additionally, eghospitals.com was modified to accommodate direct Facebook-mediated comments on the hospital profiles to encourage increased viewer participation and engagement. Currently, the team is working on […]
Today marks the first milestone, namely the publishing of the results of 10 assessed hospitals, on Eghospitals.com. This is the first step towards its mission to cover all hospitals in the country. These hospitals range from public and private hospitals in Cairo, Hurghada and Siwa and were assessed by the […]
The Eghospitals team was pleased to officially release its web portal in Egypt’s first Health 2.0 meetup. A full presentation explaining the portal’s functions was held, followed by a discussion of the project’s phases and feedback by the attendees. Health 2.0-Cairo is a growing ecosystem for healthcare stakeholders, digital health […]
Eghospitals.com web portal is now available for the public in its beta version The team decided on (بوابة التقييم المجتمعي للمستشفيات المصرية) as the official name of the portal to express its national and community-based nature. The design is user-friendly, allowing various search fields and options. Please contact us via […]
The Eghospitals.com project was chosen as one of the newest additions to the IACC Social Entrepreneurs Initiative! (hosted by Transparency International and supported by the GIZ, BMZ and the UNDP). With almost 300 applications from 62 countries worldwide, the jury members chose to award Shamseya for eghospitals.com, since it […]
