CAIRO – Egyptian Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar said on Thursday that 33 million women have been screened as part of the presidential initiative to support women’s health.
In a word marking the International Women’s Day, the minister said 32,000 people were trained to join the initiative that was launched in 2019 to screen 28 million women over 18 years old nationwide.
He said health services are offered to women under the initiative at 3,500 centres and 102 hospitals.
The initiative is part of the 100 Million Health initiative, which has screened over 60 million people for hepatitis C.
Till 2019, the percentage of Stage 3 and 4 of breast cancer was reported at 70 per cent but now it reached 29 per cent thanks to the presidential initiative, Abdel Ghaffar said.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women, registering 33 per cent, he added.
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