The Ministry of Health and Population received a delegation from the Hashemite Kingdom of JordanVisit the hospitals of the General Secretariat for Health, Psychiatry and Addiction Treatment, in collaboration with the Pompidou Group, which deals with the fight against addiction in Europe..
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, explained that the visit aims to introduce the Egyptian model for the treatment of adolescent addiction and to learn about the treatment protocol for adolescent addiction and the services provided to them and their families in the hospitals of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment..
For her part, Dr. Menen Abdel-Maqsoud, general secretary of the General Secretariat for Mental Health and Addiction Treatment, indicated that the visit lasted 5 days, in the presence of 5 Jordanian participants working in the field of of dependencies in Jordan..
Menen praised the role of the Pempidou Group in supporting addiction treatment services in Egypt, in several major projects of the previous years, including the implementation of a treatment program for patients with dual diagnosis, the implementation of a community program for the treatment of addicts, the development of an addiction treatment training model and the development of the Strategic Plan for Addiction Treatment and Crisis Management 2022.-2026.
Dr Menen Abdel Maqsoud emphasized that the Ministry of Health was able to play its role and deliver its services in a way that demonstrated the importance of the mental health sector and the need to pay attention to it, as the Ministry provides all aspects of support for the development of services in this sector..
The Ministry of Health and Population organized a ceremony to honor the medical teams working in the preventive medicine sector in the ministry, for their contribution to the success of the objectives of the limited campaign to vaccinate against COVID-19. poliolaunched in October 2022, in Cairo and Giza governorates.
Dr. Amr Qandil, President preventive medicine sectorAnd Dr. Mohamed Shawky, Sector Head of Health Affairs Directorate in Cairo Governorate, and Dr. Sameh El-Ashmawy, Director of Health Affairs Directorate in Giza Governorate..
In his speech during the festive activities, the Minister of Health and Population stressed that the Egyptian state spares no effort to preserve the health and safety of its children, and is committed to carrying out regular polio vaccination campaigns in all governorates of the Republic, according to specific programs and mechanisms, aimed at reaching every Egyptian and non-Egyptian child residing on Egyptian soil, from the age of one day to 5 years, which helps to support the community immunity of children..
