The President of Ain Shams University honors the university team that won first place in the youth competition to empower youth and support innovation in the field of health and population

Prof. Mohamed Diaa Zain El- Abedeen, President of Ain Shams University, honored the university’s team that won first place in the youth competition to empower youth and support innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of health and population in its second edition (2023/2024), which was held under the auspices of the Supreme Council of Universities, in cooperation with the National Population Council and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development through the project to strengthen Egypt’s family planning program.

The honor was witnessed by Prof. Nevin Assem, CEO of the Innovation and Training Sector at the University. Where Prof. Nasser Al-Khouly, supervisor of the team, was honored. And the student team members at the Faculty of Medicine, who are: Youssef Al-Sabki - Kenzi Hisham - Saad Al-Din Rashid, were honored.

It is noteworthy that the team of the Faculty of Medicine at Ain Shams University won first place with a project entitled “Not by Number,” and the final qualifiers were among 7 teams in a competition consisting of 19 teams from various Egyptian universities.

The competition aims to enhance Egyptian youth’s knowledge of family planning and reproductive health. The University Youth Competition was adopted as a national initiative and was officially launched by the Egyptian government in all Egyptian public and private universities on August 15, 2022.