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CAIRO – 4 January 2023: The Ministry of Health and Population announced Tuesday the approval of providing state-funded medical treatment to 3,524,809 patients at a total cost of LE14.516 million in 2022.
The medical services provided are in the specializations of blood disorders, oncology, ophthalmology, surgery, gynecology, otolaryngology, orthopedics, urology, gastroenterology, dermatology, and neurology.
Director of the National AIDS Program at the Ministry of Health and Population, Dr. Heba El-Sayed, affirmed in December that Egypt has succeeded in providing all treatment lines for AIDS to patients free of charge.
She noted that Egypt aims to eliminate the disease or reach the lowest prevalence rates, adding that there is an expansion in examination, detection, analysis and dispensing clinics.
Dr. Heba El-Sayed further revealed that there are 22,500 people living with the disease in Egypt, and all of them receive full care, referring to the services provided by the ministry to people living with HIV, the cause of AIDS. The services include testing and counseling related to HIV, as the laboratory examination is done in complete confidentiality.
She said that the services include integrated social support for people infected with the virus and their families, in addition to clinical care for those infected with the virus, with free treatment through treatment centers in fever hospitals in all governorates of the Republic.
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