Sports minister discusses accreditation of Anti-Doping Lab

CAIRO – 4 July 2017: The Minister of Youth and Sports, Khaled Abdul Aziz, met Tuesday with the board of directors of the National Anti-Doping Organization in sport (NADO) at the civil education center to discuss the work plan of the organization and the measures taken to accredit the Egyptian Anti-Doping Lab.

According to a ministry statement, the meeting was attended by members of the NADO board of directors headed by Mostafa Ibrahim. The meeting reviewed the results of the second phase of the accreditation of the Egyptian anti-doping laboratory internationally, as well as the procedures of entering the third and final phase, in addition to discussing the financial resources to be provided.

The minister stressed the importance of having the laboratory internationally accredited, adding that it would be the only such lab in the Middle East and Africa after the closure of a South African laboratory.