More than 3m citizens checked in ‘100 Million Seha’ campaign in Dakahlia

CAIRO – 6 April 2019: Dakahlia Governor Kamal Sharobeem announced Saturday that more than three million citizens were checked for Hepatitis C (HCV) as part of ‘100 Million Seha’ campaign in Dakahlia, totaling 79 percent of the governorate’s population.

In Feb., Minister of Health Hala Zayed said in statement that more than 30,375 million citizens were screened for HCV as part of the campaign across Egypt.

The initiative was launched by President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi under the title "100 Million Health" to eradicate Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and chronic diseases.

The Health Ministry has vowed to completely eliminate the disease from Egypt by 2022.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Khaled Megahed told Egypt today that the three-phase campaign started in October 2018 and will end in April 2019.

In Jan., the minister unveiled an Egyptian initiative to treat African people from Hepatitis C, starting with the Nile Basin countries that have an estimated 3.7 million hepatitis C patients, representing 30 percent of the total number of infected people in Africa.

Moreover, Zayed unveiled an Egyptian initiative to treat African people from Hepatitis C, starting with the Nile Basin countries who have an estimated 3.7 million hepatitis C patients, representing 30 percent of the total number of infected people in Africa.