Explained Dr. Raji Tawadros Director Directorate of Health Affairs We stayed, that the maternal and fetal health initiative has succeeded in reaching more than 8,000 pregnant women so far.
Dr. Raji stated that the initiative aims to detect Pregnant women From the first day of pregnancy until birth, with the aim of early detection of many diseases that are transmitted from mother to fetus, the most important of which are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B,
And syphilis, pointing out that the medical team trained to detect women is obligated to follow all means of protection and infection control during detection of women.
He explained that this comes as a continuation of the actions of the presidential initiative, Mother and Fetal Health, which is among the presidential initiatives of 100 million, which aims to provide all medical services to all citizens.
Dr. Sumaya Hassan Muhammad, Director of the Maternal and Child Care Department, indicated that the initiative is not limited to detecting these diseases only, but also includes detection of sugar and pressure for pregnant women, as well as awareness and counseling, stressing that the initiative takes place in 150 health units distributed at the governorate level.
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