Health Ministry Provides 770,000 Free Medical Services to Support Women’s Health

Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, unveiled all the free medical services provided within 63 days of launching the 100 Days of Health campaign nationwide. In his statements, Dr. Khaled underscored that the total medical services provided in the 100 Days of Health campaign since its launch amounts to 23 million […]

First Phase of Presidential Initiative on Detection of Cancer Kicks Off

Today, the Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, announced the launching of the first phase of early detection and treatment of cancer tumors under the umbrella of the “100 Million Healthy Lives” Presidential initiative to protect citizens’ health and social security. Health Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the initiative’s 1st phase covers nine […]

El-Sisi Directs to Provide Medical Support to All Displaced in Sudanese Crisis

The Spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, said that since the beginning of the Sudanese crisis, the Egyptian Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, has received directives to raise the maximum level of readiness to provide displaced people with medicines and medical supplies.   In a TV interview, […]

JICA to Fund Introduction of Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance with 44B Yen

The Ministry of Finance and JICA signed on Tuesday, March 28, the executive agreement for the latter to fund the introduction of Universal Health Insurance in Egypt with 44 bn yen as a soft loan.   Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar stated in June that the number of citizens enrolled in the […]

First Production Line of Hepatitis Viruses Vaccines Launches with Egyptian-Indian Investments

Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar asserted the importance of expanding Egyptian-Indian investments, topped by investment in manufacturing vaccines and medications as per directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi. He pointed out the big support of the political leadership to offer all possible facilitations to render investment projects successful. Abdel Ghaffar’s remarks […]

Health Minister Probes Cooperation with China’s BGI Genomics

Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met on Wednesday 11/1/2023 with the CEO of China’s BGI Genomics, a subsidiary of BGI Group, the world’s leading integrated solutions provider of precision medicine.  The meeting reviewed ways and mechanisms for boosting cooperation between the two sides.  A spokesman for the Health and Population Ministry Hossam […]

Egypt, Japan discuss boosting coop. in pediatric surgeries, organ transplants

Egypt, Japan discuss boosting coop. in pediatric surgeries, organ transplants Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar on Sunday discussed in a meeting with Mureo Kasahara, a Japanese transplant surgeon and head of the liver transplantation department in the National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), ways of boosting cooperation between Egypt and […]