Ministry of Health Launches Reproductive Health Awareness Campaign in 22 Governorates

Written by Walid Abdel Salam

Tuesday, May 30, 2023 03:00 PM

Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, stated that the “Your Right to Organize” campaign will be implemented in two phases, the first phase starting from 4 to 8 June, and the second phase from 11 to 15 June 2023, pointing to the continuation of the roads campaign. Al-Abwab Planned Parenthood in Assiut Governorate until mid-June

Abdel Ghaffar added that the “Your Right to Organize” campaign is being launched in the governorates of Giza, Fayoum, Beni Suef, Minya, Sohag, Qena, Luxor, Aswan, Cairo, Qalyubia, Menoufia, Gharbia, Sharqia, Beheira, Dakahlia, Kafr El-Sheikh, Damietta, Alexandria, Suez and Ismailia, noting that the campaign is being implemented in Port Said Governorate during the first phase from 4 to 8 June, and in the Governorate of Marsa Matruh in the second phase, from 11 to 15 June.

Abdul Ghaffar added that the campaign provides counseling, family planning and reproductive health services through specialists, after signing a medical examination, and family planning methods and medicines are disbursed free of charge in fixed and mobile clinics, civilized centers, public and central hospitals, and maternal and child care centers, pointing out that the Ministry is keen to provide many means. And distinct to suit all beneficiaries, to reduce childbearing rates.

For his part, Dr. Hossam Abbas, Head of the Population and Family Planning Sector, indicated that during the “Your Right to Organize” campaign, the focus will be on activities that are concerned with empowering women with the aim of developing the family and raising its economic level through training women and developing their skills within the activities provided by women’s clubs in the stationary units deployed. At the level of the governorates of the Republic, in order to manufacture various products such as clothing, knitting works, leather goods, and various food products to be displayed in women’s clubs through exhibitions that are implemented within the activities of convoys and campaigns that the sector implements, to raise the economic level of Egyptian families, and help women organize their families .

Dr. Duaa Muhammad, Head of the Central Administration for Family Planning and Reproductive Health Services, said that information seminars are being implemented at the level of the directorates and departments of the Republic under the titles (Men’s Words) to address men, and (Whisper for your health) for women who are housewives of childbearing age, and (My protector is my life) for women. Mothers-in-law and elderly mothers-in-law, (My Organization) for working women and government employees of childbearing age, and (Our Family is Perfect), which are meetings for young people, in addition to theatrical performances and cultural activities in cultural palaces and youth centers. These seminars revolve around the role of men and their participation in the decision to plan the family and support health Women and the role of youth in advocating for family planning, raising awareness of adolescence, responding to rumors about family planning methods, and the concept of family planning and its impact on the health of the mother and child.