Providing medical services to more than 34,000 women as part of the Maternal and Fetal Health Support Initiative in Sharkia

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Dr. Hisham Shawqi Masoud, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in the Eastern Province, said that the medical teams participating in the initiative of the President of the Republic, to support the health of the mother and the fetus in the governorate, provided medical services and conducted the necessary examinations for more than 34 thousand pregnant women in Sharkia governorate so far, within 20 days since the launch The initiative is at the end of last December 2020.

The Undersecretary of the Ministry stated that the medical teams working in the initiative have provided medical services to 34505 pregnant women in the governorate so far, indicating that the initiative aims to reach a generation of children enjoying good health and free from diseases transmitted from mother to fetus, and reducing deaths from these diseases, as Pregnant women are targeted from the first day of pregnancy until birth, for early detection of various infectious diseases transmitted from mother to fetus and all diseases that may affect the health of the fetus, to prevent its transmission to it, in addition to the detection of sugar and pressure for pregnant women.

He added that follow-up and treatment services are provided through the medical centers and health units in the governorate, and the discoverer of their infection is directed and referred to receive the necessary evaluation and treatment at the referral hospitals specified in the governorate, according to the type of disease the mother has, in addition to activating and improving the quality of routine services provided by the protocol of caring for pregnant women. Through maternal and child care services, indicating that it has been confirmed that medical clinics and examination places are equipped, and the availability of medical supplies in them, stressing the medical teams in the privacy of examination places, confidentiality of results, good treatment and good reception for those who are visiting the presidential initiative.

He mentioned that the initiative targets the medical examination of 102,700 pregnant Egyptian and non-Egyptian women in the cities and villages of the Sharkia Governorate, in the age group over 18 years, between education, awareness and medical examination, through a medical team trained in the examination work of “doctors, nurses, data entry personnel, and rural pioneers. », Where the number of teams is 358 medical teams, on the number of 358 points.