Dr. Naima Al-Qusayr, representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, said during the African Conference AfricaHealth Exconwhich is currently being held in Cairo, that the head of the organization praised Egypt’s role in eliminating Hepatitis C, explaining that a conference is currently being held in Spain to discuss the Egyptian experience in eliminating Hepatitis C as a pioneering experience in this field, and Egypt is participating in this conference, and Egypt is among 6 countries that have completed their files To publicize and adopt Egypt among the first countries that eradicated the C virus.
She pointed out that the African Conference held a special session on Hepatitis C, in the presence of Professor Raymond Shinazi, the inventor of the first treatment for Hepatitis C, the drug “Sovaldi”. It is possible to prevent 25,000 deaths in Nigeria suffering from hepatitis C, as Egypt’s experience is a pioneer in the world and has become a global example, thanks to the Egyptian political leadership, political commitment, thinking outside the box, community participation and people’s response to the initiative, as the 100 Million Health Initiative succeeded in Elimination of the C virus, and the detection of 4 other diseases, and it took advantage of these data that it had during the Corona pandemic, adding that early detection and then treatment was able to hit “two birds with a stone.”
She stressed that Egypt was able to eliminate C virusEarly detection and treatment of 4 other diseases: obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
For his part, Dr. Awad Mataria, Director of Health Systems and Universal Health Coverage at the World Health Organization, said during the African ConferenceAfrica Health ExconHeld under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, health systems must be resilient, strong and resilient to pandemics, explaining that monkeypox is one of the health problems currently facing the World Health Organization.