CAIRO - 14 August 2023: As many as 518,943 services were provided throughout Egypt's governorates under the new presidential healthcare campaign dubbed "100-Day Health, as part of the 100-Million Health initiative", a report received by Health and Population Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar read. Health and Population Ministry Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said Monday that the presidential initiative to support women's health achieved highest rates in the first and periodical visits on the 17th day. The 100-day campaign aims to intensify preventive care services (including immunizations and vaccines), as well as environmental health and food safety services while raising citizens' awareness concerning health-related misconceptions, the minister had pointed out. These clinics cover various specilalizations, such as internal medicine, paediatrics, surgery, ophthalmology, teeth, ear and nose, obstetrics and gynaecology, and dermatology, Abdel Ghaffar added. The 100 Million Health Initiative was launched in July 2019 under the auspices of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi.
