title: Continuous professional development and health sector governance in Egypt.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Ufficio Relazioni Esterne, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Rita Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ferrelli
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mattossovich
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Mervat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El-Seweify
authors.affiliation: Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
authors.forename: Nabil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dowidar
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D004534:Egypt; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007558:Italy; D018794:Problem-Based Learning