Health Ministry
180,000 women checked for breast cancer in 10 years: Health Ministry
Egypt
March 12, 2017
180,000 women checked for breast cancer in 10 years: Health Ministry
As part of the national program for early breast cancer checks, 180,000 women older than 40 have been examined for…
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
Egypt
March 7, 2017
Health Ministry announces list of unavailable drugs for February
The Ministry of Health announced the list of drugs that were unavailable on the market during the month of February…
Health insurance workers protest in Cairo, governorates
Egypt
February 12, 2017
Health insurance workers protest in Cairo, governorates
Dozens of health insurance workers protested on Sunday in Cairo, Giza and other governorates to demand that a cadre of…
Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt
February 7, 2017
Pharmacists, Health Minister reach agreement over profit margin crisis
Egypt's Pharmacists Syndicate yesterday cancelled a planned protest and called off a strike that was to be held on February…
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt
February 6, 2017
Health Ministry seizes unlicensed warehouse with medicines worth LE32 million
Egypt's Health Ministry said on Monday it has seized a huge unlicensed drugs warehouse containing huge amounts of local and…
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Egypt
February 2, 2017
38 drugs with no alternatives missing in January: Health Ministry
Thirty-eight pharmaceutical drugs that have no alternatives were missing from shelves in January 2017, compared to 40 missing varieties in…
Pharmacists call for urgent meeting over ‘profit margin’ crisis
Egypt
January 28, 2017
Pharmacists call for urgent meeting over ‘profit margin’ crisis
Pharmacists Syndicate on Saturday called for an urgent meeting on Monday after the presidency's two weeks grace to solve their…
Health Ministry launches campaign for Hepatitis C patients in Minya village
Egypt
January 22, 2017
Health Ministry launches campaign for Hepatitis C patients in Minya village
The Health Ministry launched a campaign on Saturday to examine residents in Barageel village, Minya to find those carrying the Hepatitis C…
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
Egypt
January 17, 2017
Presidency steps in to solve pharmacists’ profit margin crisis
The Egyptian Pharmacists Syndicate said Monday that the presidency had invited its officials to a meeting with President Abdel Fattah…
Pharmacists threaten widescale strike over profit margin
Egypt
January 16, 2017
Pharmacists threaten widescale strike over profit margin
Pharmacies may go on a widescale strike on February 1 depending on the outcome of negotiations with the Health Ministry…