Egypt screened 25 million students for early detection of dwarfism, anemia over past 3 yrs

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Tue, 13 Dec 2022 - 12:11 GMT

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Tue, 13 Dec 2022 - 12:11 GMT

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CAIRO - 13 December 2022: The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population confirmed that it is keen to cooperate with the Ministry of Education, to develop a specific mechanism targeting health survey procedures for targeted students in 30 primary schools at the level of the governorates.
 
This is meant to facilitate the work of the survey teams. 
 
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that work has been resumed on the initiative of the President of the Republic for early detection of diseases (anemia, obesity and dwarfism) among primary school students.
 
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the stages of detection in the initiative include: measurement of weight, height, anemia analysis, indicating that every student obtains a health follow-up card for the initiative.
 
He added the importance of preserving the general health of children, so training programs are being developed for the medical teams working in the initiative, according to the latest methods and advanced approaches.
 
He further pointed to the training of more than 550 doctors and 4,000 nursing and health education personnel, in addition toa the equipping of 250 clinics, which contributes to ensuring every child receives a health service of high quality.
 
Medical checks were conducted on 25 million students, over the course of 3 years from the launch of the initiative, whereby one million students were treated.
 
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, indicated that the initiative represents a new and innovative approach, whether at the level of basic health services provided or diagnostic methods for analyzes and measurements, explaining that the initiative aims to identify cases of anemia (hemoglobin deficiency) in children, according to standards and measurements for age groups between 6 and 12 years.
 

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