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3.3.2 The University outreach programs to improve local community's health awareness

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3.3.2 The University Outreach programs to improve local health awareness:

Institutional Activities (2024/2025): Assiut University's faculties and institutes delivered numerous seminars, courses, and outreach convoys (medical, cultural, and educational) aimed at elevating public awareness, promoting healthy habits, and strengthening community engagement. In addition to, Liver and Kidney Transplantation Programs in Assiut. Assiut University provides specialized liver and kidney transplantation services for patients with end-stage organ diseases. The programs offer comprehensive care, including patient and donor evaluation, transplantation procedures, postoperative management, immunosuppressive treatment, and long-term follow-up. These programs contribute to improving patients’ survival and quality of life and strengthening advanced transplantation services in Upper Egypt. Healthcare for Global & Refugee Communities: Assiut University Hospitals provided essential and specialized medical care to international patients, including visitors, immigrants, and refugees throughout 2024/2025. 2024/2025 Event Portfolio: Key events and operational highlights conducted by Assiut University over the academic year.

The faculties and institutes of Assiut University actively participated in numerous community and educational activities during the 2025 academic year, including 61 medical convoys, 130 seminars and symposia, 41 training courses, and 57 curriculum development activities aimed at improving health and wellbeing.

Assiut Kidney Transplantation Unit Activities in 2024. Frequency rate (number of patient visits) = 1464 patients or donors, including follow-up cases after transplantation and new cases. Number of patients who benefited = 192 patients. Number of kidney transplants = 16 new cases performed through 2024. An international organ transplant conference held in Cairo, which is part of the ″Donate Life Egypt Initiative‶, under the auspices of the Minister of Health and Population, brings together a group of scientists and pioneers in organ transplantation from various countries around the globe.

Assiut Kidney Transplantation Unit Activities include 119 liver transplant case, 10 sharing in international conferences and 10 published research.

The beneficials from vaccination programs in year 2025 including Hepatitis B, Influenza and HIV vaccine 15021. The beneficials from Addiction drug screening programs in Faculty of Medicine and Assiut university hospitals in Year 2025 were 23332.

Several public health and Blood denotation campaigns were held during the reported period. For More Details Visit:

I- Medical Conveys by Faculties.

NumberFaculty
20Faculty of Medicine
2Faculty of Pharmacy
8Faculty of Dentistry
14South cancer Institute
2Faculty of Nursing
15Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
61Total

II- Seminars and symposia:

NumberFaculty
45Faculty of Medicine
11Faculty of Pharmacy
12Faculty of Dentistry
17South cancer Institute
10Faculty of Nursing
12Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
11Faculty of social work
5Faculty of Fine Art
7Molecular Biology Institute
130Total

III- Number of Training Courses/ and on job training visits

NumberFaculty
21Faculty of Medicine
7South cancer Institute
5Faculty of Dentistry
5Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
3Faculty of social work
41Total

V- Numbers of curriculum improving health and wellbeing:

NumberFaculty
2Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
3South Egypt Cancer Institute
25Faculty of Medicine
27Faculty of Nursing
57Total

VI- Assiut Kidney Transplantation Unit Activities

VII- AL-Rajhi Liver Transplantation Unit Activities

VIII- Community Health Programs Impact:

Assiut University’s community health programs reflect the University’s role not only as an educational and research institution but also as a major provider of preventive and community-oriented health services in Upper Egypt. Its activities address important public-health priorities—including addiction and toxicology, hepatitis C, women’s health, cancer prevention, vaccination, chronic diseases, and disability inclusion—while connecting university expertise with the needs of the wider community.

The combination of health awareness, screening, early diagnosis, medical treatment, referral, vaccination, specialized laboratory services, and inclusive community programs provides a broad framework for improving health knowledge, facilitating access to care, and supporting healthier communities in Assiut and surrounding areas.

 

Public Health Department Campaigns Faculty of Medicine Assiut University 2024-2025

 

 

Blood Donation Campaigns2024-2025

 

 

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