The government has developed many strategies and programs to develop the health system to better serve the citizen, the most prominent of which was the Egyptian experience in eliminating Hepatitis C and treating 1.5 million people in the period from 2014-2018.
In 2021, Egypt presented its file as the first country in the world free of hepatitis C, in addition to the presidential initiative to detect hepatitis C and non-communicable diseases, the “100 Million Health” initiative, which began in 2018 at a cost of 7 billion pounds for the early detection of non-communicable diseases for more than 50 million people and provide The treatment is free.
In addition to the presidential initiative to eliminate waiting lists, which was launched in 2018, to end waiting lists for patients with surgeries and critical medical interventions.
In March 2022, the Ministry of Health announced the completion of 1,118,753 surgeries to end the waiting lists. Government actions included the Presidential Initiative for Early Detection and Treatment of Weakness and Hearing Loss for Newborns, which examined 2.6 million children.
About one million citizens benefited from the presidential initiative “Noor Hayat” launched in 2019 and the presidential initiative for early detection of anemia, obesity and dwarfism for school students, which examined 9,455,510 students.
The President’s initiative to support the health of Egyptian women examined about 23,906,809 women, and 1.4 million citizens benefited from the presidential initiative for early detection of kidney disease.