The Egyptian Minister of Health: Setting controls and mechanisms for the President’s initiative to support mental health

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Cairo – Mubasher: Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Health and Population, chaired the meeting of the National Council for Mental Health, No. 25, in his capacity as Chairman of the Council, to set controls and mechanisms to implement the President’s initiative to support mental health, and discuss defining a strategy aimed at spreading culture of mental health among all age groups of society, in addition to To discuss a plan to expand mental health facilities, and adopt a future vision to improve the situation of the mental patient.

The Minister of Health and Population approved the items related to the management of personnel affairs and the agenda regulating the work mechanisms of the Council during the past periods, and also discussed the financial and investment aspects of the Council to benefit from them in plans to expand mental health services and raise their efficiency, as he directed the need to benefit from the experiences of successful countries globally in this file, and study The motives and mechanisms used, which place the Egyptian state on the list of developed countries globally in the field of mental health, according to a press release.

Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said that the political leadership pays great attention to the mental health file, so the Ministry of Health and Population is currently adopting a specific strategy with international standards, to develop this file, in a way that guarantees facilitating the Egyptian citizen’s access to all psychological support services, referring to the role of the ministry, through The National Council for Mental Health aims to change the mental image of society that views mental illness as a stigma, in cooperation with the authorities entrusted with developing a plan aimed at expanding societal perceptions and spreading the culture of mental health and its importance, directing the need to intensify the implementation of programs and campaigns to raise awareness of mental health for students in schools and universities, Which contributes to the upbringing of new generations who are psychologically healthy.

The Minister stressed the importance of mental health as one of the factors for the progress of societies, directing the necessity of conducting field studies, to identify the influences that cause anxiety and depression, and to develop a specific plan that would alleviate the symptoms of mental illness, in order to preserve the health status of citizens..

The minister was briefed on the health map for all the governorates of the Republic, where the number of mental health facilities is 179, governmental and private, with 10,146 beds, pointing to the minister’s keenness to direct the increase in the capacity of psychological facilities, stressing the need for coordination and partnership with the authorities entrusted with the Ministry of Health, higher education, the Ministry of Interior) and civil and private institutions, to study the current situation of the mental health system in Egypt, and to cooperate in adopting a mechanism that would develop the psychological system and raise the efficiency of health services.

He pointed out the importance of updating the council’s computerized central database, to identify the number and type of health services in all psychiatric facilities, the numbers of service recipients, and the preparation of periodic reports for evaluation and follow-up..

The Minister directed the need to cooperate with the Ministry of Social Solidarity, by establishing a project for nursing homes for the elderly, subject to the health supervision of the Ministry of Health and Population, with the aim of reducing the burden on mental health hospitals affiliated to the Ministry of Health. He also directed cooperation to reactivate a committee to study the growing demand for addiction treatment. He stressed the provision of all means of support and capabilities necessary for the sustainability of mental health systems.

The meeting discussed coordination with the General Authority for Health Accreditation and Control, to benefit from the experiences of the members of the Council, to contribute to setting unified standards for the accreditation of mental health centers, referring to the Minister’s directive to closely monitor mental health facilities to ensure that they meet health requirements.

The minister also directed, in coordination with the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to organize training courses for interns in medical colleges, in the specialty of psychiatry, with the aim of supporting students and increasing their experience in the field of psychiatry, in addition to discussing raising the allowance paid to doctors in charge of supervision and passage to psychiatric facilities in the two public sectors. and private.

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