Dr. Abla Al-Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, warned of the dangers of caesarean sections for the mother and the fetus, and continued: An increase in caesarean sections increases asthma rates , access to kindergartens, allergies, autism, and poor school performance levels.
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, said that repeated cesarean sections cause placenta praevia and exposure to iron deficiency anemia. while the border governors reach 52%.
She explained that caesarean sections have a negative impact on the health of the child which can lead to death, and are the main reason for children entering nurseries after birth at a rate of up to 30% of births, as well as an increase in the percentage of preterm births. babies reach 20% among births.
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population, confirmed that the Egyptian family’s awareness of reproductive rights and knowledge of the ways to manage the family, managing the number of children, improving their demographic characteristics, and the distance between pregnancy and the next one in a way that preserves their rights to the best education and until 90% of their abilities are completed at the age of 3 years has a very good place to solve the issue the people
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi called on parents to be careful to give birth to a child with full physical, mental and psychological development, by following the gap between pregnancies, to protect children from diseases that affect them as a result of continuous pregnancy in less. than 3 years, including anger, autism, and poor academic and cognitive performance.
She said that the Egyptian state strongly supports the development of the Egyptian family and improves its demographic characteristics, by providing an appropriate climate under the slogan “No to Wasted Opportunities”, which is responsible for the provision of family planning services in primary health care units and This has been achieved, as well as expanding the scope and improving the quality of family planning and reproductive health services in non-government. treatment centers and the private sector.
The Deputy Minister continued that citizens are being reached in the various governments of the Republic, especially small towns, remote areas, and the regions of Upper Egypt, by increasing the role of pioneers (rural women – social workers ) in increasing awareness and community education, with the aim of improving the quality of life of the population and promoting sustainable community development, as well as the management of the population file enabling management bodies and departments in the governments to participate in implementing activities, which will give a good insight into the issue of the population and its results.
She pointed out that the initiative to return to natural childbirth was one of the important initiatives that she took personally and that the Health Committee of the House of Representatives believed in. She put it up for debate from the beginning of the second legislative term, and it was discussed in several requests for information submitted by representatives, especially due to the increase in the number of premature babies and autistic patients.
Dr. Abla Al-Alfi emphasized that the whole world still believes in the importance of natural childbirth for the mother and newborn children, and that is what we need to raise awareness in the next phase , through awareness programs and campaigns in all governments, to talk to couples and women about to get married about the importance of returning to natural childbirth.
She said: Many medical studies have shown that the harms suffered by the mother and the newborn after a caesarean section are numerous, in addition to the fact that this birth has become a good business for some doctors, especially because the pregnant mother refused to do it. some effort to give birth naturally.
Safaa Jaber Eyada, a member of the House of Representatives, submitted a request for information to Councilor Hanafi Jabali, the Speaker of the House, addressed to the Minister of Health and Population, regarding the unprecedented increase in cesarean section rates in Egypt in recent years.
The representative said that the high rates of cesarean section in Egypt represent a real risk for mothers. year.
Representative Safaa Gaber announced the results of the Egyptian Family Health Survey issued by the Central Agency for Public Movement and Statistics, an increase in the percentage of cesarean births from (2014-2021), as the results reveal that three out of every four are women (2014-2021). 72.7%) had delivered their last child by cesarean section.
Jaber continued, “It is clear from the results that the cesarean delivery rate has clearly increased, and the cesarean delivery rates in rural areas have also increased to reach (69.6%) in 2021, after for them to be (48.1%) in 2014. , and in terms of urban areas, they reached (77.4%) in 2021, after it was (60%).
The representative of the Parliament mentioned the reasons for this increase due to the lack of reproductive health culture in Egypt, which could be the reason for high rates of cesarean section, as well as the spread of the phenomenon of in vitro fertilization, shortly after marriage, which requires a cesarean section.
She said that in addition to the financial benefits that some doctors have received, a cesarean section is more expensive than a natural birth, because it enables the doctor to perform many operations in one day, in addition to the fact that a cesarean section is generating high profits. for doctors.
Representative Safaa Jaber asked about the results of the implementation of the initiative launched by the Ministry of Health, in which work is being done to revive natural childbirth and avoid unnecessary cesarean sections.
Representative Hanan Abdo Ammar, a member of the House of Representatives, submitted a request for information to Councilor Hanafi Jabali, Speaker of the House, addressed to Dr. Khaled Abdo Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, regarding the high rates of caesarean sections in Egypt. .
The member of the House of Representatives confirmed that Egypt is the first in the world in terms of caesarean section births, according to a World Health Organization study carried out in several countries, and as a result the rate was caesareans in Britain 26%. , in the Dominican Republic it is 58%, and in Egypt it is 63%, and this is an alarming and alarming percentage.
She said that from 2000 to 2021, cesarean section births increased more than 7-fold, with a rate that rose from 10% to about 72%, and propaganda has also spread in the recent period to the type Some promote this birth in Egypt. doctors and private medical facilities, until it becomes a Business Exchange.
She pointed out that the bill for the “caesarean section industry” in Egypt rose to 14 billion and 525 million pounds annually, compared to natural birth, whose bill was between 3 billion and 675 million pounds, because the price natural birth between obstetricians. and gynecologists from 1,000 to 3,000 pounds, while the Caesarean section is from 8 thousand to 14 thousand pounds
She emphasized that this apparent increase in caesarean section births is a dangerous phenomenon that requires awareness of the risks and great efforts to be made at the level of people and concerned parties to reduce the potential risks. avoid, because Egypt represents the first place in the world.
Ammar wondered why the number of cesarean sections in Egypt is so high compared to other countries in the world?!
She pointed out that there are many risks as a result of cesarean section, because it has effects and problems on the health of the mother and the fetus that can lead to death medically, it is done according to controls and in some cases .
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