Ministry of Health

UPDATE: Health Ministry claims influenza, not swine flu responsible for recent deaths
Egypt

UPDATE: Health Ministry claims influenza, not swine flu responsible for recent deaths

The Health Ministry has stressed that no cases of swine flu have been detected recently, as news reports emerge on…
433 drugs were missing on the market in November: report
Egypt

433 drugs were missing on the market in November: report

Al-Masry Al-Youm obtained a list naming 433 missing drugs on the market for the month of November.
Court binds insurance authority to approve medication for ill child
Egypt

Court binds insurance authority to approve medication for ill child

The Administrative Court in Alexandria ruled to uphold children’s constitutional rights for government-financed treatment on Sunday, ruling in the favor…
Companies asking to produce anti-hepatitis Sovaldi up to 32
Egypt

Companies asking to produce anti-hepatitis Sovaldi up to 32

Seventeen new pharmaceutical companies have applied to partake in the production of local versions of the US-developed anti-hepatitis cure Sovaldi,…
13 firms request to join Sovaldi production
Egypt

13 firms request to join Sovaldi production

Thirteen Egyptian pharmaceutical company have filed a request with the Health Ministry to participate in the production of US-developed hepatitis…
Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister
Egypt

Virus behind Assiut epidemic remains ambiguous: health minister

The virus behind a recent small-scale epidemic in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut remains unknown, Health Minister Ahmed Emad-Eddin…
National hepatitis commission accused of adopting untested therapy
Egypt

National hepatitis commission accused of adopting untested therapy

Sources at the Health Ministry have accused the ministry’s hepatitis control department of adopting new strategies to combat the hepatitis…
Activist slams govt strategy on stray dogs
Egypt

Activist slams govt strategy on stray dogs

An animal rights activist has criticized the government’s strategy in handling cases of rabies caused by stray dog bites, suggesting…
Update: Health Ministry raises heat wave death toll to 105
Egypt

Update: Health Ministry raises heat wave death toll to 105

The death toll from a heat wave overwhelming Egypt since yearly August has soared to 105 on Monday as eight…
Syndicate photos exposes poor conditions at Giza hospital
Egypt

Syndicate photos exposes poor conditions at Giza hospital

The Doctors’ Syndicate released a series of photos showing poor conditions at Giza's hospitals, including overcrowding, staff shortages, poor ventilation Attached…
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