U.S. Launches Egyptian Red Crescent Support to COVID-19 Prevention in Partnership with the Government of Egypt

The United States Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Ministry of International Cooperation, and the Ministry of Social Solidarity launched, via a virtual event, an initiative to support the Egyptian Red Crescent’s (ERC) network of 30,000 volunteers and health care professionals to conduct community outreach and help prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as build ERC’s capacity to respond to future crises.

USAID’s 51 million Egyptian pounds ($3.2 million) in assistance to the Egyptian Red Crescent will support the distribution of hygiene kits to vulnerable rural and urban demographics and supplement ERC’s mobile resource centers to expand awareness of safe hygiene practices and provide initial fever screenings and referral services in addition to providing psycho-social support services to healthcare workers. USAID also facilitated a partnership between Uber and ERC for Uber to provide access to reliable transportation solutions for ERC’s front line health workers.