The Ministry of Health and Population and the National Committee for Hepatitis Control organized a celebration on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, under the patronage of Dr. And Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health.
part of the conference
For her part, Dr. Naima Al-Qusair, representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, said, “We congratulate Egypt for having come to the fore for its role in eliminating a third of the number of people infected with Hepatitis C at the level of 22 countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region.”
She added, in her statements, that the presidential initiative 100 million health, and the initiatives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi were the reason for eliminating Hepatitis C in Egypt, explaining that Egypt focused on primary health care, early detection, awareness, follow-up, monitoring and treatment.
She said that Egypt’s experience is rich, and on World Hepatitis Day, we join hands and deliver a message for early detection at the societal level, and that in 2030 we have diagnosed 90% of hepatitis patients.
She added: “We encourage studies and research work in the field of hepatitis viruses, and the initiative that Egypt took with the participation of all state bodies and as an organization we work with the Ministry of Health and Population was to continue to detect and treat patients,” noting that soon we will officially declare Egypt free of hepatitis C. She explained that the procedures had begun, and we expected that Egypt would be declared free of the C virus within two years from now, saying: “We are accustomed that everything that happens in Egypt takes place at a rapid pace.”
She added that Egypt is on the list of advanced countries in eliminating the C virus, explaining that the early detection of the C virus and the early detection of chronic diseases is a great achievement for Egypt, noting that the A virus is caused by food contamination, explaining that Egypt is making efforts through vaccination. Against the B virus, and vaccination against the virus A resulting from food contamination, and the “Decent Life” initiative supports the health of Egyptians to prevent the outbreak of diseases related to food or water, and to provide safe food and water.
She said that 44% of the world’s children have received the B virus vaccination, and Egypt has provided the B virus vaccination to everyone and the newly born, and there are programs for different groups to prevent the disease, and since 2010 there have been 23 advanced centers for assessing liver patients and for liver transplantation, explaining that the celebration of this The goal is to strengthen primary health care and prevent epidemics.
She indicated that we want to achieve the 2030 goals, and that 90% of people be diagnosed with hepatitis viruses, and care for pregnant women to prevent infection of the newborn.