Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met on Wednesday with the CEO of China’s BGI Genomics, a subsidiary of BGI Group, the world’s leading integrated solutions provider of precision medicine.
The meeting reviewed ways and mechanisms for boosting joint co-operation between the two sides.
Spokesman for the Health and Population Ministry Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said the ministry has established new central labouratories in Badr city at the behest of the president as per global criteria.
Abdel Ghaffar said the talks also took up how to expand genetic tests services offered to citizens through central labouratories for early detection of genetic disorders.
He added the meeting probed expanding services of tests and analyses to citizens through healthcare units in different governorates as part of the president’s initiative for supporting healthcare units services.
