Dr. Hisham Shawky Masoud announced Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in the Easternthat the medical teams BaPresidential initiative to support maternal and fetal healthSince its launch in Sharkia Governorate in December 2020, it has provided medical services and conducted the necessary examinations for more than 98,000 pregnant women.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry explained that the medical teams in the initiative have provided medical services to 98,935 pregnant women in the governorate so far, noting that the initiative aims to reach a generation of children who are healthy and free from diseases transmitted from mother to fetus, and to reduce deaths resulting from these diseases, as the initiative targets women. Pregnant women from the first day of pregnancy until birth, for early detection of various infectious diseases transmitted from the mother to the fetus, including HIV infection, hepatitis HBV, and syphilis, as well as the detection of sugar and pressure for pregnant women, and measurement of the body mass factor to determine the nutritional program He added that follow-up and treatment services are provided through medical centers and health units in the governorate, and those who are discovered to be infected are directed and referred to receive the necessary assessment and treatment at referral hospitals specified in the governorate, in addition to activating and improving the quality of routine services provided within the governorate. The protocol for the care of pregnant women through maternal and child care services, indicating that medical clinics and places of To examine, and the availability of medical supplies, stressing the medical teams on the privacy of examination places, confidentiality of results, good treatment of women and a good reception for those attending the presidential initiative.
Masoud added that the presidential initiative to support maternal and fetal health aims to medical examination of 157,736 pregnant women, both Egyptian and non-Egyptian, in the cities and villages of Sharkia Governorate, in the age group above 18 years, between education, awareness and medical examination, through a medical team trained on examination work by “doctors.” Nursing, data entry and rural pioneers”, where the number of teams is 358 medical teams, in 358 points.
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