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The Ministry of Health and the People revealed a series of important updates in the Maternal and Fetal Health Initiative, to expand services while increasing their quality.

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population, explained in statements to Youm7 that the Ministry is trying to improve public health and increase aspects of citizens’ health, especially maternal health is fetal, with the aim of giving birth to generations. free from disease.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Health and the People emphasized the importance of focusing on sectors of society that are extremely important, such as pregnant women, saying that the protection of new generations is coming through the provision of advanced and effective health programs, because the health of the mother and the fetus. top priority, stressing that the health of the mother and the health of the fetus is not just a medical issue Instead, it is a fundamental issue closely linked to the future of the country, like the care given to the mother in this period is directly reflected in future generations.

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman of the Ministry of Health and Population, continued that the development, which includes maternal and fetal health initiative, aims to focus on strengthening cooperation between the two sides in the future, with the aim of improving medical and health development. therapeutic services, especially for women during pregnancy and childbirth, noting that this will be done through intensive campaigns to increase the awareness of pregnant women and those about to become pregnant, under name “Pregnancy Journey“, to promote healthy habits and ensure that pregnant women receive proper healthy nutrition and micronutrients that meet their nutritional needs.

Abdel Ghaffar explained that the development of the initiative’s services will include the strengthening of the medical and laboratory examination services provided to Egyptian women, starting from the stage of pregnancy planning, through the different periods of pregnancy, and ending with the birth stage defects, fetal deformities, and chronic diseases that may be exposed to them after pregnancy will also be strengthened, using the latest medical devices.

He revealed a package of statistics and numbers that show the importance of supporting and improving maternal and fetal health services by providing the exact nutritional components recommended by the World Health Organization to ensure that a baby newborns free from chronic diseases and congenital deformities and enjoy good health and well-being. -to be, and avoid the bill for the treatment of malnutrition diseases, as the state spends every year on the treatment of diabetes 25 billion, autism is 25 billion pounds, schools- nursery 87 billion pounds, and stunting is 20 billion pounds, at a time when 20 billion pounds. % of stunting occurs in the stages of fetal growth inside the mother’s womb, and the Egyptian household health survey in 2021 showed that 43% of children under the age of 5 years have anemia

Dr. Mohamed Hassani, Deputy Minister of Health and Population for Public Health Initiatives, said that in the coming period we will see a training program for doctors in government departments in the specialty of “gynecology and obstetrics,” on the latest protocols for maternal and fetal health care, and the guidelines for the obstetrics and gynecology system will also be updated according to the provisions of the law establishing and organizing the Egyptian Health Council.

Hassani said that an electronic application will be launched for doctors that includes the latest methods of diagnosing diseases related to obstetrics and gynecology, as well as guidelines that guarantee pregnancy. safe and good health for the mother programs for doctors, presented by the most skilled experts in the specialty of obstetrics and gynecology, on what is called “Safe Birth, which includes stages of preparation for pregnancy and pregnancy period, leading to safe childbirth.