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Dr. Saeed Allam, Vice President of Alexandria University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, stressed the need for faculty deans to conduct a complete evaluation of all occupational safety and health units at the university’s faculties and institutes, reviewing all devices and tools, conducting adequate human resources training, and developing plans based on a scientific basis in line with technical developments. This came during the meeting of the Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs Council in the grand meeting hall at the University’s headquarters.
Dr. Allam reviewed the results of the meeting he attended with the Environment Committee in the Rotary District of Egypt 2451, in the presence of Professor Dr. Abdelaziz Konsowa, University President, to cooperate in sustainable environmental projects within the university’s campuses, which included separating solid waste from the source, creating an implementation model in one of the university’s faculties, and rationalizing water consumption by providing drinking water dispensers, planting trees and increasing green landscape within the university.
The Council congratulated the Faculty of Engineering on its project “Integrated Strategy for Rainwater Management in Alexandria” winning first place at the Alexandria Governorate level in the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects 2023, Major Projects category.
The Council also congratulated the Faculty of Pharmacy for its project “Green Cycle” winning first place at the level of Alexandria Governorate in the National Initiative for Smart Green Projects 2023 in the category of non-profit initiatives and projects.
The Council reviewed the report submitted by Dr. Wafaa El-Sehli, Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, about the university’s organization of a comprehensive medical convoy to the Halab area at kilometre 57 on the Alexandria-Cairo Desert Road, in partnership with the Alexandria Leo Apollo Club, where 9 human doctors, 4 dentists, 50 organizers from the Leo Alexandria Club, and 6 students from the “Doctor for You” fraternity participated. The convoy included participants from various medical specialties, and the number of cases that were examined reached 398 cases, with free medicines being provided to patients.
It was presented during the council that the faculties of science, early childhood education, and specific education participated in the presidential “100 Days of Health” initiative to detect blood pressure, diabetes, women’s health, and early detection of cancerous tumours for the faculties’ employees.
The Council reviewed the research project submitted by Dr. Hanan Mustafa Abdallah, lecturer at the Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, entitled “Enhancing Resource Recovery and Improving the Recycling of Wastewater through Synergistic Cooperation between Bio electrochemical Systems and Forward Osmosis.”
The Council also reviewed several faculties’ activities, workshops, seminars, initiatives and training programs that took place during the months of September and October 2023.