Presidential Initiative
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday screening 84,000 young Egyptians and non-Egyptians in the first month of a presidential initiative for pre-marriage checkup.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced on Friday that more than 3.9 million babies have been examined under the presidential initiative to examine and treat hearing impairment in newborns.
Egypt will allocate LE 3 billion for the presidential multi-year initiative to plant 100 million trees in light of the challenges that the world, including Egypt, faces due to climate agenda.
This will take place by engaging new cities and governorates to the initiative, Maait explained, noting that citizens of Upper Egypt’s Luxor and Aswan have been allowed to join the initiative.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health announced examining more than 2.9 million infants as part of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s initiative for the early detection of hearing loss and impairment in newborns.
Egyptian Ministry of Health reiterated its calls on women to seek early detection test of breast cancer, saying that 60 percent of breast cancer cases that were detected early do not need chemotherapy.
President Abdel Fatah al Sisi at the closing session of two-days Arab and African Youth Forum held in Aswan city in March last year announced a new initiative to eliminate Hepatitis C among one million African citizens.
The Egyptian Ministry of Health announced the resumption of a presidential initiative launched last year to test women for breast cancer, which is the second leading cause of death among Egyptian women, according to the minister.
Those proven to need surgery will receive free treatment and periodic follow-up until the age of two.
