Dr. Mohamed Nadi announced Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Minya 6208 pregnant women were examined as part of the presidential initiative to take care of the health of the mother and the fetus, as part of the state’s efforts to care for the public health of citizens and in implementation of the directives of Dr. Hala Zayed, Minister of Health, and under the patronage of Major General Osama Al-Qadi, Governor of Minya.
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“Nadi” added that the initiative aims to examine pregnant women from the first day of pregnancy until delivery, with the aim of early detection of many diseases, the most important of which are hepatitis B, syphilis and HIV, in addition to checking pressure and making physical measurements of weight and height and measuring the proportion of Blood sugar, in order to prevent transmission of diseases from mother to fetus.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Khalil, coordinator of presidential initiatives in Minya Governorate, explained that the initiative is taking place in 260 health units and medical centers in all health departments at the level of Minya Governorate, through trained medical teams, taking all necessary preventive and precautionary measures, and following infection control methods.
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