04:17 PM Thursday, February 22, 2024
Your Right to Organize campaign in Sharqia
Sharqia – Masrawy:
The medical teams in the revitalization campaign to provide family planning and reproductive health services in Sharkia Governorate, under the slogan “Your Right to Organize,” have provided their medical services so far to more than 77,60,000 women. The total number of beneficiaries reached 44,647 women, while the total number of those receiving family planning methods reached 32,819 women, in addition to providing pregnancy follow-up services, ultrasound examination, and medical examination of patients in the specialties of women, obstetrics, internal medicine, and children.
Dr. Hisham Shawqi Masoud, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharkia Governorate, explained that the activities of the revitalization campaign to provide family planning and reproductive health services in Sharkia Governorate, under the slogan “Your Right to Organize,” will be implemented during the period from 18 to 28 February in two phases. The first phase lasts for five days, from February 18 to 22, and includes 10 health departments: Al-Qanayat – Awlad Saqr – Mashtoul Al-Souq – Abu Kabir – Al-Husseiniyah – 10th of Ramadan – Al-Ibrahimiyya – Abu Omar facility – Belbeis – Abu Hammad.
The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in Sharkia Governorate indicated that the “Your Right to Organize” campaign includes family planning services and reproductive health services, such as pregnancy follow-up, ultrasound examination and gynecological examination, in addition to medical examination in the specialties of internal medicine and children.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), family planning is one of the ten greatest achievements in the field of public health in the twentieth century, and it is also one of the essential means of curbing population growth, which is unsustainable due to its negative effects on the economy and the environment, in addition to To its impact on development efforts made at the national and regional levels.
For her part, Dr. Aida Attia, Director of the Family Planning Department in the Directorate of Health Affairs in Sharkia Governorate, explained that the campaign aims to provide its services free of charge to all women, pointing out that the first phase provides the service through 232 fixed family planning clinics in medical units, centers and hospitals supported by the service of specialists, and 12 A mobile medical clinic to ensure that the service reaches remote and slum areas in hamlets and villages throughout the governorate, where 100 trained doctors, 303 nurses, and 414 rural leaders and population educators participate in the campaign.
In the same context, Mahmoud Abdel Fattah, Director of the Directorate’s Media Office, stated that the second phase of the revitalization campaign to provide family planning and reproductive health services will be launched in the remaining 19 health departments in the governorate, during the period from 24 to 28 February, within the scope of 9 departments. Health: Zagazig – Kafr Saqr – Hiya – Minya Al-Qamh – Faqous – Deir Najm – New Salhiya – Al-Qurain – San Al-Hajar.
2024-02-22 14:17:00
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