Health Ministry
Health Ministry to launch vaccination campaign against measles in October
Egypt
August 26, 2015
Health Ministry to launch vaccination campaign against measles in October
The Health Ministry will launch a nationwide campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against German measles in early October, said…
Report: 61 die from heatwave since Sunday
Egypt
August 12, 2015
Report: 61 die from heatwave since Sunday
Since Sunday, 61 people have died from the debilitating heatwave that has swept through Egypt. The Health Ministry announced in a…
Health Ministry: 886 tons of spoiled food thrown out since January
Egypt
August 2, 2015
Health Ministry: 886 tons of spoiled food thrown out since January
In a nationwide inspection campaign of one million factories, hotels, restaurants, supermarkets, cafeterias, schools and hospitals, the Health Ministry has…
Family planning methods usage decline to 58 percent in 2014
Egypt
July 7, 2015
Family planning methods usage decline to 58 percent in 2014
The Ministry of Health has announced that the prevalence of use of family planning methods dropped to 58 percent in…
Health Ministry concluding negotiations over new drug for hep C virus
Egypt
June 25, 2015
Health Ministry concluding negotiations over new drug for hep C virus
The Health Ministry is concluding negotiations with an international firm over receiving a new drug, registered outside Egypt under the…
Minister: Regular blood donors estimated at 1% of population
Egypt
June 15, 2015
Minister: Regular blood donors estimated at 1% of population
Health Minister Adel al-Adawy has announced that providing valid blood should top the government’s priorities in order to guarantee citizens'…
Health Ministry: 5,000 AIDS patients officialy registered in Egypt
Egypt
May 16, 2015
Health Ministry: 5,000 AIDS patients officialy registered in Egypt
Number of AIDS patients officially registered in Egypt is estimated at 5,000 cases, according to Health Ministry’s estimates, said Waleed…
More than 1,000 private medical facilities closed down in first quarter of 2015
Egypt
May 7, 2015
More than 1,000 private medical facilities closed down in first quarter of 2015
The Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday that 1,109 private medical facilities in 21 different governorates have been…
Health Ministry: Avoid fesikh on Easter
Egypt
April 7, 2015
Health Ministry: Avoid fesikh on Easter
Health Ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel Ghaffar has advised people to avoid eating fesikh during Easter, especially if bought from street…
Health Ministry to retrieve defective medications on market
Egypt
April 6, 2015
Health Ministry to retrieve defective medications on market
The Central Administration for Pharmaceutical Affairs, affiliated with the Health Ministry, issued on Monday a statement that said it would…