Up to 15K Chadian were examined for Hepatitis C since last October: Health Min.

  • Date: 20-Sep-2020
  • Source: Egypt Today
  • Sector:Healthcare
  • Country:Egypt
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Up to 15K Chadian were examined for Hepatitis C since last October: Health Min.

CAIRO – 20 September 2020:  Up to 15.000 Chadian people were checked as part of the Egyptian Initiative to cure one million African from Hepatitis C since the implementation of the nitiative last October according to Egypt's minster of Health Hala Zayed.

In a press release, Health Ministry Spokesman Khaled Megahed said that the Egyptian medical delegation that traveled to Chad inspected a number of facilities in N'Djamena ahead of starting its mission.

Megahed added that a meeting was held on Saturday in which a number of Egyptian and Chadian officials had attended including Chadian Health Minister Abdoulaye Sabre Fadoul and Egyptian embassy representative to Chad Mohhamed Orabi to discuss setting a