Students of Egyptian universities have a role and a great ability to contribute effectively to development of their society as they poses both scientific and research tools that can help them in fulfilling this role, so the National Population Council seeks through the launch of “The university pioneer” initiative to coordination between the Egyptian universities and the Ministry of Health and Population to achieve the following objectives

·         Enable university students to understand the challenges of their communities and to identify their roles in contributing to overcome these challenges in cooperation with governmental institutions.

·         Appreciating the positive role of the university youth in the development of  the society  to improve the demographic characteristics and that is done by:

o   The participation of university students in awareness campaigns in their universities and the neediest administrative centers, in their provinces without affecting their studying duties.

o   Participation in monitoring the implementation of the various awareness activities in coordination with the branches of the National Council of population in each province.

o   Training youth to identify the main problems of their society and to participate in finding innovative solutions to overcome various challenges.

o   Training on different population and health awareness programs  and techniques including:

§  Reproductive Health and Family Planning

·         Health Services

·         Reproductive Health

·         Family planning

·         Reducing early marriage

·         Against Female Circumcision

·         Violence against Women

·         Violence against children and reduce the phenomenon of Homeless children

§  Family Health

·         Family Health

·         Women's Health

·         Mother and child health

·         Breastfeeding and weaning

·         Follow-up growth in children

·         Adolescent health, smoking and addiction

·         Health of the elderly

·         Education

·         People with special needs

·         The media's role in guiding society

§  Nutrition at all ages

·         Healthy andproperly balanced Food

·         Playing sports

·         Prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

·         Medical nutrition therapy for the most common diseases

§  Prevention and treatment of communicable and non-communicable diseases

·         Prevention and treatment of hepatitis C

·         Prevention and treatment of cancer and immune deficiency

·         Prevention and treatment of pediatric diarrhea and dehydration

·         Prevention and treatment of pediatric chest diseases