Building Health Management Information Systems in Egypt - PHRplus

Acknowledgments
Many people contributed to this report. As always, the staff of USAID/Cairo's Health
and Population Office have been enthusiastic and supportive. Several project officers spent
significant time with the author discussing problems, lessons learned, and possible solutions.
Many members of the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) spent time helping me identify
obstacles and possible solutions to their information system needs, including Dr. Nabil Nassar, Dr.
Magda Sherbini, Dr. Moushira El Shafa'i, Dr. Wagida Anwar, Eng. Eman Abdel Aziz El Aasar,
and Dr. Samir Guirguis. The staff of HIO/MAXIMUS were extremely helpful, all going above
and beyond the call of duty. My special thanks to Felix Meyer, James F. Meere, Mohamed H. El
Alfy, Maralee DeMark, and Mary Tailor Hassouna. Members of the URC team also went out of
their way to help, including Dr. Thomas Hayes, Dr. Robert Snyder, Phil Schrafer, and Mark
Wilcox. Eng. Mediha Abdallah was particularly generous with her time. At the Healthy Mother
Healthy Child Project, Dr. Hala Safwat was helpful and dynamic as always. Several members of
the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center went out of their way to help me, including
Dr. Sherif Hasham, and Dr. Tarek Kamel. Dr. Assem El Fiky at MedNet was also generous with
his time. Finally, thanks to Dr. A. K. Nandakumar and the fine members of the Harvard School of
Public Health/DDM team for past and continuing support. Though all of these persons
contributed to this report, none are responsible for any mistakes or inaccuracies it contains.
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