Egypt’s cabinet gave initial approval Tuesday to a plan to turn the Dar El-Salam Cancer Centre in Cairo into the first international branch of the renowned French Gustave Roussy Institute of Oncology.
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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Thursday that it signed a one-million-dollar (EGP 48 million) agreement with the Egyptian Red Crescent Society to support Palestinian children from Gaza in Egypt.
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Egypt and France followed up on the progress of the plan to turn the Cairo-based Dar El-Salam Cancer Centre into a branch of the French Gustave Roussy National Cancer Institute.
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Egypt has received 44,065 injured Palestinians from Gaza since the start of the war, nearly a quarter of whom are children, to receive healthcare treatment, according to Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar.
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President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi praised on Monday the key role of the Egyptian healthcare sector in alleviating the severe humanitarian suffering endured by Palestinians in Gaza amid the ongoing Israeli aggression on the strip.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated on Monday its 75th anniversary at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), themed "Painting a healthier and safer future together," according to a WHO statement.
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Some 12.3 million Egyptians have been examined since the launch of the "Early Detection and Treatment of Chronic Diseases and Nephropathy" presidential initiative, the Ministry of Health and Population announced on Thursday.
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Egypt provided over 3.6 million free-of-charge medical treatments to nearly 2.3 million people in 2023 at the cost of EGP 20.4 billion (more than $662 million), said the Ministry of Health and Population on Wednesday.
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Egypt recorded an 8 percent decline in population growth rate in 2023 compared to 2022, according to a statement released by Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar on Friday.
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Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced Monday that the total estimated value of donations received from Arab and foreign governments, international organizations, civil society, and the private sector to support the ministry's efforts in providing medical care to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has exceeded EGP 354 million (just under $11.5 million).
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Egypt's "Mother and Fetus" health initiative, a part of the "100 Million Healthy Lives" presidential initiative, has screened a total of 2.39 million women since its launch until now, the Ministry of Health and Population announced in a statement on Sunday.
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Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced Saturday that 2,023,902 surgeries have been performed under President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's initiative to end waiting lists, and in line with the 100 Healthy Days campaign.
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The Rafah border crossing received Thursday 12 wounded Palestinians and 10 of their companions coming from hospitals in Gaza to receive medical treatment in Egypt, a reliable medical source in North Sinai said.
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Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced in a statement on Thursday the detection of the first two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus subvariant JN.1, following laboratory tests.
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Egyptian hospitals have accommodated over 20,000 wounded Palestinians from Gaza to date, Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar told the Egyptian cabinet on Wednesday.
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No cases of the Omicron coronavirus subvariant, known as JN.1, have been reported in Egypt so far, Mohamed Awad Tag El-Din, presidential adviser for health affairs, said in a TV comment on Sunday evening.
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Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population announced Wednesday the distribution of 27 medical scanning devices to hospitals across eight Egyptian governorates, including North Sinai, in preparation to receive injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
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23 injured Palestinians from the Gaza Strip arrived at the Rafah Crossing for medical treatment in Egypt, Al-Qahera News reported on Monday.
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Egypt will receive 1,500 wounded Palestinians from Gaza to be treated at the expense of Qatar's Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, the Qatari government announced on Sunday.
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Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population has launched an initiative to treat 1,000 children wounded in Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip in cooperation with Terous Misr Foundation for Development, an NGO, and Nestlé Egypt, a private bottled water brand.
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