CAIRO - 16 August 2021: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi directed the government to expand the scale of implementing the Women’s Health initiative through strengthening cooperation with international centers specialized in oncology, said the Presidency Spokesperson Bassam Radi in a statement. Early August, the Egyptian Ministry of Health reiterated its calls on women to seek early detection tests of breast cancer, saying that 60 percent of breast cancer cases that were detected early do not need chemotherapy. The ministry added that the treatment is free of charge, and follows the latest international protocols as part of the presidential initiative to support women’s health. The 100 Million Healthy Lives campaign screens Egyptians for breast cancer, Hepatitis C and chronic diseases. The Ministry of Health and Population vowed to completely eliminate the disease from Egypt in 2022.
