Introduction Healthcare in Egypt is confronted with numerous challenges; the government, parastatal, and private providers are struggling to meet the growing demand in the country whose population undergoes rapid growth. Although the institutions responsible for funding or providing medical services are exerting a considerable effort, now widening the outreach, the system has yet to overcome fragmentation and find ways to increase health expenditure. A question that is to be answered to elaborate a viable strategy is how health determinants affect the situation in the country. This paper deals with eight of such determinants explains the link between them and health outcomes and discusses government initiatives to address the issues. Age Some diseases are linked to old age; the older a person becomes, the more likely they are to suffer from them. For instance, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are usually associated with aging. Demographically, Egypt is undergoing changes, with the cohort older than 55 years increasing up to 10.12% in 2017 (Central Intelligence Agency, 2017). It is projected that by 2050, elderly citizens will make up 20.8% of the country’s population (Sweed, 2016). At the same time, it has been noticed that between 1990 and 2015, the number of CVD occurrences has risen from 153,214 to 226,457 respectively (Tehrani-Banihashemi et al., 2018, p. 140). Therefore, in Egypt, more and more people are likely to experience age-related diseases, and in order to provide them with timely treatment, the health institutions will need to make health care more accessible. Education An educated person is more likely to reject dangerous lifestyles and make conscious, well-informed decisions about their health. It is known that pregnancy in adolescents may lead to numerous complications such as preeclampsia, preterm labor, premature rupture of membranes, and oligohydramnios (Abdelsattar, 2016, p. 39). In Egypt, despite an apparent decline in teenage pregnancy rate between 1960 and 2015, still, 50 per 1,000 women give birth between the age of 15 and 19 (The World Bank, 2015a). It is important to notice that the rate is higher in rural Upper Egypt as opposed to urban Lower Egypt (Abdelsattar, 2016, p. 35). What may account for such a discrepancy is a high school dropout rate in rural regions due to poverty. Hence, adolescents, who do not have access to education, are more likely to be unaware of family planning and expose themselves to health risks. Gender One of the most pressing gender-specific issues in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) is sexual violence that may lead to physical injuries as well as mental traumas. In a 2013 study, UN Women found that 25% of Egyptian women experienced sexual or physical intimate partner violence at least once in their lives (Ministry of Health and Population Cairo, Egypt, El-Zanaty and Associates Cairo, Egypt, & The DHS Program ICF International Rockville, Maryland USA, 2014, p. 229). It has been proven that violence has long-lasting physiological and mental consequences, e.g., PTSD, anxiety, and depression (Oshodi, Y., et al., 2016). Thus, in Egypt, gender violence is a grave issue, occurrences of which are detrimental for female health. As for the impact that sex has on h