Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population announced that its 100 Healthy Days campaign has provided more than 86.6 million free medical services nationwide since its launch on 15 July. On Friday alone, teams delivered over 510,000 services, stated ministry spokesperson Hossam Abdel-Ghaffar.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Saturday ordered the swift completion of the Nile Medical City and Nile Specialized Children’s Hospital, currently under construction on the grounds of Cairo’s Nasser Institute.
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Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) has invested EGP 15.3 million to acquire the Olympus X1 gastrointestinal endoscopy system for Sharm El-Sheikh International Hospital, introducing one of the latest global technologies for early cancer detection and therapeutic endoscopy.
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Egypt Healthcare Authority (EHA) announced on Thursday that the Suez Medical Complex has successfully utilized artificial intelligence (AI) in colonoscopy for the first time, marking a significant medical breakthrough.
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Egypt’s Health Care Authority (EHA) has officially launched its Your Care at Home initiative in Port Said and Ismailia, completing 2,000 visits during the pilot phase.
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The Ministry of Health and Population confirmed on Thursday that no infectious diseases were detected after conducting laboratory tests on the five siblings who died this week in Minya Governorate.
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The new coronavirus variant NB.1.8.1, also known as Nimbus and currently under monitoring by the World Health Organization (WHO), has not been detected in Egypt, according to a senior health official.
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Egypt’s fertility rate fell to 2.41 children per woman in 2024, down from 2.85 in 2021—a 15.4 percent decline over three years, Health Minister Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar stated on Monday.
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The Ministry of Health and Population affirmed in its statement on Sunday that claims about the simultaneous death of four siblings in Minya Governorate in Upper Egypt due to Meningitis disease are unfounded and scientifically unverified.
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The Ministry of Health announced the launch of a comprehensive pilot upgrade of its free-of-charge unified hotline (105), transforming it into a centralized platform that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to deliver all health services and receive public complaints.
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Egypt’s Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) has officially launched in Aswan, marking the final governorate in the first phase of the nationwide programme, according to the Egyptian Healthcare Authority (EHA).
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The Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and Chinese company XGY Medical Devices inked a partnership agreement on Wednesday to establish the Arab-Chinese Medical Industries Company for localizing medical device manufacturing.
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The prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among girls aged 15-17 in Egypt has fallen sharply to 37 percent in 2021 from 61 percent in 2014, Social Solidarity Minister Maya Morsy announced on Thursday.
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The Ministry of Health announced that almost seven million Egyptians have undergone medical examinations as part of the Pre-Marriage Health Screening and Caring for the Health of Mothers and Newborns initiatives, which are part of the bigger 100 Million Healthy Lives initiative.
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Egypt’s animal health situation remains “stable and reassuring” despite the regional spread of epidemic and transboundary diseases, Hamed El-Aknes, head of the General Organization for Veterinary Services (GOVS), said on Sunday.
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Egypt will host the fourth edition of Africa Health ExCon 2025 from 25 to 27 June at Al-Manara International Conference Centre and Egypt’s International Exhibition Centre (EIEC), under the patronage of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi.
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A patient in Upper Egypt's Luxor covered by the Universal Health Insurance System (UHIS) underwent a first-of-its-kind successful open-heart surgery combined with a thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) at Tiba Specialized Hospital in Esna, paying only EGP 450 out of a total cost of EGP 1.5 million, the Egypt Healthcare Authority announced.
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, met Thursday with representatives of the American company Stryker—one of the world’s leading medical device and orthopaedic surgery firms—to discuss bringing the Mako robotic surgery system to public hospitals.
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The Ministries of Health and Agriculture said there is no viral outbreak in Egypt affecting poultry that would prevent its consumption or handling, confirming that the epidemiological situation in poultry farms is stable, according to a joint statement on Thursday.
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Egypt’s state-owned Holding Company for Pharmaceuticals (HoldiPharma) has signed a partnership with US-based Dawah Pharma to manufacture and export pharmaceutical products and dietary supplements, with a focus on entering North American and European markets.
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