“Eastern Health”: 19204 women were examined within the presidential initiative to support maternal and fetal health

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On Monday, Dr. Hisham Shawqi Masoud, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharqia, passed by the Family Medicine Unit in Shishima of the Health Department in Bahia, to follow up on the presidential initiative to support the health of the mother and the fetus, during which he inspected the work of the medical teams in the initiative, and made sure that all preventive and precautionary measures were taken during work, as well as It was ensured that the frequencies in the presidential initiative program had good registration, medical examinations and health education for them and the availability of medical supplies.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharqia stated that the medical teams working within the presidential initiative to support maternal and fetal health in the governorate have provided medical services and examined 19,204 pregnant women so far, since the trial run last Tuesday, indicating that the initiative aims to reach a generation of children who enjoy In good health and free from diseases transmitted from mother to fetus, and reducing deaths from these diseases, as pregnant women are targeted from the first day of pregnancy until birth, for early detection of various infectious diseases transmitted from mother to fetus and all diseases that may affect the health of the fetus , To prevent its transmission to him, as well as to reveal sugar and pressure for pregnant women.

He stated that follow-up and treatment services are provided through the medical centers and health units in the governorate, and the discoverer of their infection is directed and referred to receive the necessary evaluation and treatment in the referral hospitals specified in the governorate, according to the type of disease the mother has, in addition to activating and improving the quality of routine services provided by the protocol of caring for pregnant women from During the maternity and child care services, pointing out that it has been confirmed that medical clinics and examination places are equipped, and the availability of medical supplies in them, stressing that the medical teams have the privacy of examination places, confidentiality of results, good treatment and good reception of the frequencies of the presidential initiative.

He explained that the initiative targets the medical examination of 102,700 pregnant Egyptian and non-Egyptian women in the cities and villages of the Sharkia Governorate, in the age group above 18 years, between education, awareness and medical examination, through a medical team trained in the examination work of “doctors, nurses, data entry personnel, and rural pioneers.” , Where the number of teams is 358 medical teams, in 358 points.