Written by Walid Abdel Salam
Saturday, April 08, 2023 12:29 PM
Said Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister the health And residents, the goal of the president’s initiative to examine those who are about to get married is to have a safe marriage free of infectious or genetic diseases, noting that the initiative is working to conduct a package of medical examinations for those who are about to get married.
During the press conference, the Minister of Health and Population continued to announce the official details of the initiative Those about to get married Medical examinations include the detection of communicable and non-communicable diseases, as well as providing medical follow-up for both parties, which limits complications from infection for the affected party, if any of the diseases are found.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar added that the initiative targets Egyptians and non-Egyptians, foreigners and refugees who are about to get married, pointing out that there is a mandate from the president that the major cost of the initiative is on the ministry and the citizen does not bear large financial burdens during the medical examination trip..
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health, revealed the number of people examined during the initiative, and said that more than 79,000 documents were handed over to those about to get married. .
Abdel Ghaffar emphasized that we aim to build a healthy family through the President’s initiative to examine those who are about to get married free of genetic diseases, and citizens should benefit from the initiative and the examination and conduct a psychological examination because it is very important for the two parties who are about to get married..