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Israeli forces stormed the hospital in Beit Lahiya early on Friday and ordered evacuation of patients to the courtyard, while conducting mass arrests, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The WHO has added the first in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) test for mpox to its Emergency Use Listing (EUL), a key step in improving global access to mpox testing.
He praised Bedaya’s role in encouraging cross sectoral collaboration by enhancing health education, social protection and labour, particularly commending the project’s focus on women and youth empowerment.
The Ministry of Health confirmed the activation of necessary preventive measures at the country's entry points to avert the spread of this infectious disease
The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland expressed on Thursday his appreciation to the Egyptian efforts to facilitate the entry of World Health Organization teams into the Gaza Strip.
World Health Organization spokesperson said, Friday that the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, cannot be allowed to continue.
Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus handed over on Monday President Abdel Fattah El Sisi the WHO Certification for Hepatitis C Elimination.
The goal comes in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and World Health Organization (WHO) goals to ensure welfare and prosperity to all, the minister said in a delivered speech at the WHO meeting in Geneva to mark the World Hepatitis Day.
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al Sisi called on the world leaders to work tirelessly toward investing in health, as one of the major priorities at the international level.
The Ministry of Health confirmed detecting a new positive case of monkeypox infection in the country for a patient, aged 39 years.
Egypt’s Ministry of health has issued guideline to the hospitals and various health sectors with instructions to deal with cholera cases if they were discovered.
Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said that Egypt did not record any case with the mysterious hepatitis C disease that has been detected in several countries around the world.
edros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday, April 14, 2022, that Egypt, along with Japan and Thailand joined an under-preparation Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to negotiate “a WHO convention, agreement or other international instruments to strengthen pandemic prevention, preparedness and response.”
World Health Day is celebrated annually on April 7.
Tuberculosis incidence rate in Egypt fell from 15,000 cases per 100,000 people in 2015 to only 11 cases in 2021, said the Egyptian Ministry of Health, marking the World Tuberculosis Day, observed on 24 March each year.
The World Health Organization said in a statement Thursday that 1.5 million people died of tuberculosis in 2020, and that 9.9 million people contracted tuberculosis in 2020.
Covid-19 vaccines, masks, and social distancing are still the main tools against the new coronavirus varient, Omicron, the spokesperson of the World Health Organization told Nile News T.V. channel on Thursday.
Egypt’s Cabinet Spokesman Nader Saad said teenagers aged 12-15 will get Covid-19 vaccination.
Dr. Al-Issa: With our partners, we raised religious awareness to confront the spread of the pandemic, and urge vaccinations and motivate everyone to take vaccinations.
It is absolutely safe to travel to Egypt and enjoy its various touristic cities and archaeological sites.
