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Association for Health and Environmental Development

Contact Information
City: 
Heliopolis, Cairo
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Description
Presentation, history and objectives: 

AHED is an Egyptian Non-Governmental Organization established and registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs in November 1987, and mandated in 1998 to work anywhere in Egypt. It has a current membership of over 100 persons, formed of a multi-disciplinary group of persons striving to assist in the development and implementation of alternative policies and systems - in the areas of Health, Environment and Disability - which are capable of responding to the needs and rights of Egyptian society as a whole, paticularly to the needs and rights of the most disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

Structure and staff: 

AHED functions through three major programs, namely:

- Health Policies and Systems Program (HPSP)
- Disability Program (DP)
- Environment and Development Program (EDP)

In addition to the above three Programs, there are two Support Units:

- A Technical Support Unit: The Resource, Information, Publications and Documentation Unit
- An Administrative Support Unit

For detailed information about our Board Members and Staff, please use the following link: http://www.ahedegypt.org/eng/eboard.html

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AHED's Perspective; Driving their Programs Further:

Inequalities of Health are basically a reflection of inequalities in social and power relations, between different societies and between different groups within the same society.

Disability is not a medical problem; it is mainly a social one. The consequence of disability on the person, i.e. how much a person is marginalised and segregated from society is mainly determined by the prevalent social attitudes, the socio-economic conditions of the person or of the group to which he belongs. Attitudes and the way society deals with disability, is a reflection of the way the society takes into account the varying needs of its different people and their priorities.The conditions of the Environment in which we live are determined by the actions of people living in it. The interests of those in control of the resources mainly determine these actions. Such interests are, in many cases, proved to be narrow, short term and harmful to the continuation, sustainability and development of environment.

The conditions of the Environment in which we live are determined by the actions of people living in it. The interests of those in control of the resources mainly determine these actions. Such interests are, in many cases, proved to be narrow, short term and harmful to the continuation, sustainability and development of environment.