10:36 p.m
Monday 03 October 2022
Books – Ahmed Gomaa:
Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, received, on Sunday evening, the representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Egypt, Jeremy Hopkins, and his accompanying delegation, at the ministry’s general office.
The minister praised the role of UNICEF in Egypt and its efforts to support the services provided by the ministry, praising the fruitful cooperation between the two sides during the past period in programs aimed at promoting maternal and child health in Egypt.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, said that the minister discussed cooperation with UNICEF in technical support to develop policies, strategies and implementation plans for children’s health programs that are provided through primary care facilities.
Abdel Ghaffar added that the meeting dealt with ways of cooperation to implement the ministry’s strategy, within the initiative of the President of the Republic, “a decent life,” as well as the application of the comprehensive health insurance system, by providing technical and technological support for plans to develop medical facilities, as well as implementing training programs for human cadres, to ensure the provision of services. Medically efficient and high quality.
Abdel Ghaffar added that the minister discussed cooperation in supporting the national strategy for food and nutrition, as well as supporting programs to improve health indicators for children, adding that the minister stressed the importance of cooperation with UNICEF in the field of school feeding, and benefiting from the results of the President’s initiative for early detection and treatment of obesity diseases. And anemia and dwarfism for school students, in setting the standards of the meal in accordance with the standards and specifications for food safety.
Abdel Ghaffar pointed out that the minister stressed the need to intensify health awareness campaigns aimed at familiarizing families with the various nutrients that should be included in their children’s meals, and ways to prevent malnutrition diseases, which contributes to instilling the foundations of a healthy lifestyle among all segments of society, in addition to Intensifying training programs for workers in primary health care units and centers to raise awareness of healthy nutrition.
Abdul Ghaffar added that the meeting discussed the continuation of cooperation with UNICEF in providing basic vaccinations for children, within the vaccination schedules approved by the Ministry of Health and Population, praising the organization’s efforts to support polio vaccination campaigns.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Ahmed El-Sobky, Assistant Minister of Health for Monitoring and Follow-up Affairs and Head of the Health Care Authority, Dr. Wael Abdel Razek, Head of the Health Care and Nursing Sector, Dr. Jihan Fouad, Director of the National Institute of Nutrition, and Dr. Suzan Al-Zanati, Director General of the General Department of External Health Relations at the Ministry of Health, and from the UNICEF” Dr. Nevin Doss, Director of the Health Department, Dr. Selena Barractrafic, Director of the Child Development and Survival Department, and Dr. Moataz Saleh, Director of the Nutrition Department at UNICEF.