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Vaccination efforts at Egypt’s entry points have been strengthened, with 6,579 travelers vaccinated against polio and 1,491 against measles.
The initiative includes a new mobile app for pregnant women, increased funding for nutritional programs, and a nationwide awareness campaign.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its 39th report on the outbreak of monkeypox across several African nations
Hundreds of cases suffering from vomiting, diarrhea, and gastroenteritis have been reported in Upper Egypt’s Aswan over the past few days, pushing the authorities to be on alert in the city and send more medical teams to investigate cause of the spread of these symptoms.
Sudanese Minister of Health Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has hailed Egypt's support for his country to overcome the woes of the war, reported MENA.
The Egyptian state has given priority to developing tuberculosis control services through 32 hospitals and 123 chest centers, and they are integrated with hospitals in other sectors such as universities, the army, the police and refugee centers.
The Egyptian Drug Authority confirmed that a large number of drug types have been provided in pharmacies, exceeding 500 types with a total of 200 million packages distributed to warehouses and pharmacies.
The Cameroonian minister valued the move, and noted that Egypt had also made a similar one in October 2023 on treating children from anemia.
The annual cost will be LE10 billion, and will increase as the plan is to include more.
Launched on July 31, 2024, by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, the campaign aims to improve healthcare access across the country.
This meeting comes in implementation of the political leadership's directives to accelerate the pace of work to launch the electronic platform for medical tourism and highlight Egypt's capabilities in this field.
Despite the increased vigilance at border crossings to monitor for any potential cases, particularly due to outbreaks in neighboring countries, Egypt remains cholera-free.
He added that the common symptoms of monkeypox are a rash, high temperature, sore throat, muscle pain, back pain, and swollen lymph nodes. The rash most commonly appears on the palms of the hands and around the genitals, he continued, noting that anyone who suffers from these symptoms should go to the nearest fever hospital for a medical examination.
World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that two rounds of a polio vaccination campaign are expected to be launched at the end of August and during September 2024 across the Gaza Strip to prevent the spread of circulating variant type 2 poliovirus (cVDPV2).
This announcement, made by WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, signifies the highest level of alert under the International Health Regulations.
Senior officials also signed an MoU on collaboration between the Egyptian Drug Authority and the Rwanda Food and Drug Authority.
Health Ministry Allocates 10 Billion EGP for State-Funded Treatments
He added that a million insulin vials would be pumped in the market in the current month.
Cases for approving milk dispensing were noted, including situations where there are twins or multiple infants, the mother has a chronic illness requiring long-term medication that affects breastfeeding and could harm the child, the mother has ceased breastfeeding for a month or more, or in the event of the mother's death.
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