Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Acting Minister of Health Khaled Abdel Ghaffar held on Tuesday 24/5/2022 a meeting with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Qatari Health Minister Hanan Mohamed Al Kuwari on the sidelines of the 75th World Health Assembly (WHA-75) of the WHO, currently held in Geneva.
During his meeting with Adhanom, Abdel Ghaffar shed light on efforts exerted by Egypt to eradicate polio after the WHO allocated 38 million doses of vaccines to combat the disease in the country.
The minister thanked Adhanom for providing all possible support for Egypt to promote its health sector and combat the Covid-19 pandemic.
For his part, Adhanom lauded efforts exerted by Egypt to combat diseases through its presidential public health initiatives.
He expressed his appreciation of Egypt’s efforts to keep the country free of polio through regular vaccination campaigns launched by the Ministry of Health and Population to vaccinate children aged under 5 years.
During his meeting with the Qatari health minister, Abdel Ghaffar discussed cooperation prospects to invest in the Egyptian health sector through constructing advanced health facilities in line with the latest international standards, in addition to raising the efficiency of state-run medical facilities.
He further reviewed achievements made by the health sector to realize Egypt Vision 2030, topped by the presidential “100 million healthy lives” initiative.
Abdel Ghaffar stressed the importance of developing plans to raise the efficiency of medical cadres working in the health sector in Egypt and Qatar, in addition to providing training programs for nursing staff and X-ray technicians on the latest technologies in this field.
He invited the Qatari side to visit Egyptian health facilities to get acquainted with basic healthcare and family medicine systems and steps taken to develop the national health insurance program.
For her part, the Qatari minister lauded the successes achieved by Egypt in the health field.
She stressed her country’s keenness to further develop cooperation with Egypt in the fields of healthcare.
Source: State Information Service Egypt