United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Health 2.0 | Egypt, Shamseya and Altibbi have come together for the Youth Health Challenge, a competition designed to mobilize young people as active solvers of the challenge we are all attempting to address: How can we radically improve access to, and quality of, sexual and reproductive health education and services for young people? “UNFPA is happy to support this competition as a part of accelerating the promise towards International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and making sure to leave no one behind,” stated Manal Eid, Youth Specialist at UNFPA Egypt. Between topics like family planning, premarital counseling, forced early marriages, female genital mutilation, and access to knowledge about sexual and reproductive health in general, six teams present their pitches on Monday for the final round of the competition. Prizes will be sponsored by Altibbi, a leading health platform in the Middle East and North Africa. According to Abdelatif Olama, Altibbi Egypt country manager, the platform is passionate about supporting initiative that address rural areas where health isn’t easily accessible. The platform also believes in the importance of involving youth when coming up…
UNFPA Partners with Health 2.0 for Egypt’s Sexual and Reproductive Well-being
August 25, 2019
