The Ministry of Health and Population announced that 1,810,000 women have been examined, as part of the “Maternal and Fetal Health Care” initiative, from its inception until today, as part of the presidential initiatives for public health, under the slogan “100 Million Health”.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the Ministry of Health and Population, indicated that the initiative aims at early detection of diseases transmitted from the mother to the fetus, and the provision of free treatment and health care. It also aims at early detection of HIV infection, HIV, and syphilis for pregnant women.
For his part, Dr. Fawzi Fathi, Executive Director of the initiative, said that the initiative teams follow up the condition of the mother and newborn for a period of 42 days, after the end of pregnancy, to discover risk factors for the mother or the newborn, and take appropriate measures, in addition to disbursing the necessary micronutrients during the postpartum period.
Dr. Fawzi Fathi continued, that the initiative guarantees the confidentiality of the analyzes, and the accuracy of the test by choosing reagents of international quality, and also includes advice to prevent diseases, and requires approval and the woman’s acceptance of the service.
He stressed that the initiative is sustainable, within the services of health units and mother and childhood centers, within the framework of activating and improving the quality of routine services provided by maternal and child care, and includes conducting a clinical examination to assess the general condition of the pregnant woman and the fetus, discovering risk factors that may accompany pregnancy, vaccination against tetanus, and measuring height, And weight, and blood pressure, and various analyzes to detect anemia, and determine whether or not the mother needs to get an anti-D injection after childbirth, in addition to a urine analysis to determine the albumin rate, and to detect diseases of the urinary system, and the micronutrients necessary for the mother are spent during pregnancy.
Dr. Fawzi Fathi pointed out the establishment of an integrated database for the survey, and linking it to the health facilities participating in the initiative to facilitate the follow-up of beneficiary women and their transfer to the nearest center to receive the necessary treatment according to their condition, indicating that it is possible to inquire about the date of evaluating the beneficiaries to conduct advanced examinations through the website of the “100 Million” initiative. Health” or through the “Health Egypt” application, in addition to receiving inquiries through the hotline “15335”.