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 […]
More than 80% of Egyptians enrolled in the health insurance scheme do not utilize the healthcare services they are entitled to. They either do not know, do not trust in the service quality or get lost in the bureaucracy. Shamseya is changing that through “El Nase7”, a phone assistance service […]
Shamseya’s team created this guide, in Arabic, in preparation of the Holy month of Ramadan to be of guidance for citizens to have a safe and healthy Ramadan. You can download the brochure from this link by clicking on the download file. You can learn more about salametna.com, see already […]
We created the portfolio to showcase and highlight our impact, solutions and innovations. The portfolio highlights Shamseya’s objectives through its’ various projects as well as the team behind it. You can view it here.
Shamseya created salametna.com as a response to the current healthcare crisis. Through this website, anyone going to a public space, can assess the placed based on 7 safety and infection control indicators aligned with the measures announced by WHO and MOH. Assessments are posted online for everyone to see, so […]
In collaboration with Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (Egypt Office), Shamseya for innovative community healthcare solutions has conducted a one-day workshop for leading actors in the Egyptian health sector. Participants included leaders of healthcare facilities (public and private) and representatives of civil society organizations. Keynote speakers of the workshop were Dr. Ashraf […]
The Geldy El Aziz field project was designed to raise awareness on skin health, present skin diseases and provide treatment options to residents in inaccessible target villages in Gharbia and Menia. Through town-hall meetings and mobile clinics, Shamseya lead a team of community leaders to offer services never offered in […]
Shamseya, along with Health 2.0 Egypt and UNFPA Egypt, has successfully completed the Youth Health Challenge on Sexual and Reproductive Health. We reached out to the youth in Beni Sueif and Assiut solve one of the most pressing issues in the healthcare sector in Egypt and increase the reach of […]
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 […]
On the 1st of February, 2017, Shamseya signed a master’s thesis agreement with the University of Hasselt (UHasselt), Limburg, Belgium. The agreement entails that Shumirai Mushangwe, student at the UHasselt Center for Statistics (CenStat), works with Shamseya on The Community Monitor for Health Service Quality (www.MostashfaMeter.com) . Shumirai will be contributing to the project by […]
Eghospitals.com’s project director, Daniel Amoun, has just recently been elected as the newest Ashoka Arab World fellow.
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 […]
