Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed announced on Friday that 14.28 million Egyptians have been screened as part of the “100 million healthy lives” presidential initiative against the Hepatitis C virus and other noncommunicable diseases. In related news, a delegation from the World Bank on Thursday, visited the situation room for the initiative. This delegation included the World Bank Health Manager for Middle the East and North Africa Ernest Massiah, World Bank Representative in Egypt Amr al-Shalakany, and Maria Laura the Program Leader for Human Development for Egypt. The screening campaign for Hepatitis C began earlier this year, targeting people aged 19 to 59 for scanning through PCR tests. Egypt has the highest rate of Hepatitis C in the world, first surfacing in the 1950s due to unsterilized injections.

Source: Egypt Independent December 08, 2018 11:37 UTC