Egypt launches 1st survey detecting cervical cancer Thursday

CAIRO – 14 October 2020: A cooperation protocol will be signed Thursday to start the first medical survey in Egypt to detect cervical cancer.

The signing ceremony will take place at the headquarters of the Princess Fatima Academy for Vocational Education in Abbasiya.

The head of the Health Care Authority Dr. Ahmed el-Sobky stated that the authority seeks to provide medical services of high quality according to international standards.

He added that it aims to enhance and provide modern and new medical services with the highest quality.

He noted that the Health Insurance system in Egypt is comprehensive, pioneer in providing updated services, including the free-of-charge medical survey to detect cervical cancer for women benefiting from the system.