Health Ministry
Health Ministry backtracks on price hike for chronic diseases drugs
Egypt
January 9, 2017
Health Ministry backtracks on price hike for chronic diseases drugs
The Health Ministry gave in to the demands of the pharmaceutical companies with regard to increasing the prices of chronic…
Thousands to participate in strike over drugs profit margins: Pharmacists Syndicate
Egypt
December 27, 2016
Thousands to participate in strike over drugs profit margins: Pharmacists Syndicate
The head of the Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate, Mohie Eddin Ebeid, expected huge participation in a pharmacists strike planned for January…
Health Ministry to implement ‘3 children for each woman’ plan by 2020
Egypt
December 22, 2016
Health Ministry to implement ‘3 children for each woman’ plan by 2020
The Ministry of Health and Population's Population and Family Planning Sector announced that it seeks to implement by 2020 a…
First shipment of shortage drugs arrives in Egypt within 2 days – Health Ministry
Egypt
December 3, 2016
First shipment of shortage drugs arrives in Egypt within 2 days – Health Ministry
The first shipment of shortage drugs will arrive in Egypt within two days at most, the spokesperson for the Ministry of…
Health Ministry attempts to terrorize Doctors Syndicate over syringe use statement: Syndicate official
Egypt
November 17, 2016
Health Ministry attempts to terrorize Doctors Syndicate over syringe use statement: Syndicate official
Undersecretary of the Doctors Syndicate Mona Mina accused the Health Ministry of attempting to terrorize the syndicate after announcing that…
Health Ministry to sue Doctors Syndicate official over claims on syringe use
Egypt
November 16, 2016
Health Ministry to sue Doctors Syndicate official over claims on syringe use
An official with the Health Ministry on Wednesday said that it will sue Doctors' Syndicate Undersecretary Mona Mina over her…
Shortages, cost increases threaten Dialysis Centers with closure
Egypt
November 8, 2016
Shortages, cost increases threaten Dialysis Centers with closure
Egypt's Doctors Syndicate has recently received many complaints from members who work in dialysis centers, due to the recent increase…
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
Egypt
October 6, 2016
Egypt to be free of hepatitis-C by 2020: health minister
Egypt's health minister announced on Tuesday that more than 800,000 people have been treated for hepatitis C since January 2016,…
Death toll for Egyptian pilgrims during Hajj increases to 43
Egypt
September 17, 2016
Death toll for Egyptian pilgrims during Hajj increases to 43
The death toll for Egyptian Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia this year has risen to 43 cases, according to Assistant…
Food poisoning strikes 22 at famous hotel in Ras Sedr
Egypt
September 16, 2016
Food poisoning strikes 22 at famous hotel in Ras Sedr
Twenty-two people went down with food poisoning on Thursday evening after eating a meal at a famous hotel in Ras…