Egypt’s Deputy Prime Minister for Human Development and Minister of Health and Population, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, received Saturday Japan’s Ambassador to Egypt, Oka Hiroshi, to discuss ways to enhance cooperation in the health sector. The meeting discussed ways to benefit from Japanese expertise in the field of human development, by bringing in experts to hone skills and develop human capital in all fields, especially in the health sector, according to Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Population. He noted that the minister emphasised that human development begins from early childhood, through the primary education stage and then university, until the stage of entering the labour market. Abdel Ghaffar indicated that the meeting discussed ways to enhance Japan-Egypt cooperation in the field of women’s empowerment, especially in the labour market and raising their skills to meet the needs of the labour market, with a focus on Egypt, in line with the national strategy for women’s empowerment, in line with the goals of sustainable development. The meeting also addressed Egypt’s ranking in the UN Human Development Report to review Egypt’s global ranking in this field, as Egypt ranks 105 out of 193 globally, with an index of 7, which is a relatively good indicator.

Source: Daily News Egypt August 04, 2024 01:06 UTC