1.719M prep. students examined as part of 100 Million Health – Egypt Today

1.719M prep. students examined as part of 100 Million Health – Egypt Today

CAIRO - 16 April 2022: Under the 100 Million Health Initiative to eradicate Hepatitis C in Egypt, 1,719,602 million first graders in preparatory schools have been examined since the beginning of the initiative on November 21, the Health Ministry said in a Friday statement. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, a spokesperson for the ministry said that medical tests would be carried out for the next five years for first graders in preparatory school to protect the coming generations from Hepatitis C under President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's directives. The health survey is targeting 2.5 million students in the first grade during the current academic year, Abdel Ghaffar said, adding that the ministry set 419 medical teams in 27 governates to ensure all the targeted students done their examinations. Abdel Ghaffar attended the launch of the construction work of a logistic vaccine refrigeration complex at the factory complex of the Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) in the Sixth of October city. The launching ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang and other senior officials. During the ceremony, the minister said today also marks a year of establishing strategic partnership between China’s Sinovac and Egypt’s VACSERA in