Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the “100 Days of Health” campaign in its third edition continues its work for the twenty-fifth day in a row, with the participation of 12 sectors of the ministry, including urgent and emergency care, preventive medicine, the Institutes and Educational Hospitals Authority, the General Secretariat for Mental Health and the National Council for Mental Health, the Egyptian Ambulance Authority, the initiative sector, and the training and education sector.
Abdel Ghaffar said, during an intervention with the media, Kholoud Zahran, on the “Events of the Hour” program, on the “Extra News” channel, that all of these sectors are integrating to provide free treatment, preventive and educational services for citizens and residents in all governorates of the Republic, based on the definition of the World Health Organization as a state of physical, psychological and social perfection.
He added that the campaign provides multiple services that include the initiative to eliminate waiting lists,the initiative of mother and fetus health,the women’s health initiative,initiatives for mental health and addiction treatment (whether drug addiction or electronic addiction),in addition to early detection and treatment of cancerous tumors such as lung cancer,cervical cancer,colon,and prostate. The campaign continues to work to maintain Egypt free of the Hepatitis C virus, thanks to which Egypt obtained the golden certificate from the World Health Organization as the first country in the world to reach this level.
The spokesman for the health ministry pointed out that the most prominent indicators of the campaign’s success is the great public turnout for its services,as 92 million services were provided in the first year,and about 220 million services in the second year.The first quarter of this year alone recorded about 38 million services, with targeting reaching 250-300 million services by the end of the year.
He stressed that the ministry guarantees the continuity of benefiting from the services after the end of the campaign, by following up cases that prove its need for treatment, transferring them to health units or hospitals, and providing treatment and periodic follow-up until full recovery.
Regarding the challenges, Abdel Ghaffar explained that the difficulties were greater in the first year due to the lack of awareness and the hesitation of some, but the matter was gradually improved thanks to the support of citizens, civil society organizations, the private sector, and various ministries such as social solidarity, youth and sports, as well as conservatives, al-Azhar, the Ministry of Endowments, and the egyptian Church, which facilitated the presence of campaign teams in places of gatherings. The campaign also benefited from its coincidence with the Senate elections to provide its services to voters in front of the electoral headquarters.
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