Second stage of "100 Million Health" initiative starts in 11 governoartes

GOVERNORATES CAPITALS, Dec 1 (MENA) - The second stage of the "100 Million Health" initiative started on Saturday in 11 governorates.

The campaign will run till the end of next February.

The 11 governorates are Cairo, North Sinai, Red Sea, Ismailia, Suez, Kafr el Sheikh, Menoufia, Beni Suef, Sohag, Luxor and Aswan.

In line with the initiative, the Health Ministry will start conducting Hepatitis C tests for secondary and elementary school students.

Earlier, Health Minister Hala Zayed said that 6,486 medical teams will take part in the second stage of the initiative.