Cairo – On behalf of the entire Embassy community, thank you for joining us to celebrate the birthday of the United States. We are marking the anniversary of American Independence today rather than on July 4 for the convenience of our guests who will be fasting during Ramadan. 239 years ago, America’s founders signed the ... Read More»

The U.S. Embassy and the Ministry of Education announced today the launch of three new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) secondary schools in Alexandria, Dakahleya, and Assiut. The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), partnered with the Government of Egypt to build and develop the country’s first two STEM high ... Read More»

Cairo – A delegation of U.S. healthcare companies concluded three days of meetings in Cairo, where they met with dozens of potential Egyptian partners to bring state-of-the-art U.S. medical technology to Egypt. The six companies, led by the U.S. Department of Commerce, met with businesses, the Minister of Trade and Industry, and officials in the ... Read More»

Cairo – Today the Egyptian Ministry of Health released the results of the 2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). The U.S. government through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with the Ministry of Health, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund, completed this survey to help improve the health and nutritional status ... Read More»