Head of the General Authority for Health Insurance Suhair Abdel-Hamid said during the 2nd cultural seminar on HCV to raise awareness against the dangers of HCV and non-communicable diseases. Abdel-Hamid further added that clinics to check women for breast cancer will be deployed across three governorates on Jan. 15. In November, Zayed said that the second phase of the state’s campaign to end Hepatitis C in Egypt by 2020 will be implemented starting December 1. Concerning the first phase of the campaign, Khaled Megahed, the Health Ministry spokesman said about 10 million citizens were examined for Hepatitis C within 90 days. Zayed revealed that 422,000 people of the total number of people examined tested positive for Hepatitis C.

Source: Egypt Today December 22, 2018 12:56 UTC