Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the visit aims to present the Egyptian model for the treatment of adolescent addiction and learn about the protocol for the treatment of adolescent addiction and the services provided to them and their families in the hospitals of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment.
For her part, Dr. Menen Abdel-Maqsoud, general secretary of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, indicated that the visit lasted 5 days, in the presence of 5 Jordanian participants working in the field of of dependencies in Jordan.
“Menan” praised the role of the Pempidou Group in supporting addiction treatment services in Egypt, in several important projects in recent years, including the implementation of a treatment program for patients with dual diagnosis, the implementation of a community program for the treatment of addicts, the development of an addiction treatment training model and the development of a strategic plan for the treatment and management of addictions Crisis 2022-2026.
Dr Menen Abdel Maqsoud emphasized that the Ministry of Health was able to play its role and deliver its services in a way that demonstrated the importance of the mental health sector and the need to pay attention to it, as the Ministry provides all aspects of support for the development of services in this sector.
