In celebration of UN@70 day, Egypt's UN agencies marked the 70th anniversary with an all-day fair on Saturday 24th October. A number of UNHCR community based organizations participated by selling a large variety of products including hand-made jewelry, clothes, accessories, food and art.

On the 5th of January 2016 UNHCR and The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Egypt signed an agreement today on enhancing access of Persons of Concern to UNHCR to public primary health care and referral curative care services. The agreement between UNHCR and The Ministry of Health in Egypt aims at providing an extensive access to all refugees and asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Egypt to primary health care and public hospitals in the areas of high concentration of refugees.