Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, honored the Mallawi Specialist Hospital, headed by Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Omar, Director of the Hospital, for obtaining the third place at the Republic level in a care initiative.
Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Omar, Director of Mallawi Specialist Hospital, said that he is happy with this honor from the Minister of Health and Population, and is considered a strong boost to advance the medical level in the hospital, noting that there is great competition between the hospitals of the Republic to provide the best health service to citizens and implement all the initiative’s goals to reach the summit.
Omar added to Cairo 24, that there is a major development within the departments of Mallawi Specialist Hospital, and the medical teams inside the hospital are doing all their capacity to provide medical service over the course of 24 hours to help all patients, along with a large number of operations witnessed by the hospital for the first time, as a result of their forgery and the provision of the latest fine medical devices in operating rooms.
And Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, has affirmed the political leadership’s keenness and interest in the health of the Egyptian citizen, and its full support for all efforts seeking to combat infection and provide high -quality health services.
This came in a speech by Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, during the activities of the second National Conference for infection Control and Antimicrobial Resistance, in cooperation with Sanofi and Eva Pharma for medicines and medical preparations, in order to review what was accomplished with the file of antimicrobial resistance, sharing and exchanging visions and proposals with all success partners to develop future visions aimed at sustaining and updating efforts on fighting infection and resistance Microbes.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar started his speech by inviting the attendees to stand a minute in mourning for the soul of the deceased Dr. Osama Abdullah, Director of the Directorate of Health Affairs in Menoufia, stressing that the system has lost a distinguished model for a practical process known for its efficiency and dedication.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health continued his speech by noting that resistance to antimicrobials is not just a medical issue, but rather a global challenge that requires an integrated response that includes all the sectors concerned, adding that resisting antimicrobials represents the cornerstone of providing health protection for current and future generations and meeting all their health needs.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar appreciated the efforts of the preventive medicine sector in the ministry and all success partners, by registering a new success for the health system, explaining that the resistance of antimicrobials is one of the most dangerous health challenges facing the world, because of its serious repercussions on public health, health systems and the global economy.
He added that combating antimicrobial resistance begins from prevention, preventing the spread of infection within and outside health facilities, highlighting the importance of enhancing infection control practices, by applying safety standards within hospitals, improving antibiotic use practices, and expanding community awareness programs to rationalize antibiotic consumption and reduce their abuse.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar reviewed the latest reports of the World Health Organization, which indicates that antimicrobial resistance is a silent threat that may lead to the death of about 10 million people annually by 2050, if there are no urgent measures to combat them, adding that the emergence of drug -resistant microbes exposes health systems to massive pressure, with the failure of traditional treatments, which leads to high death rates and lengthening periods Hospital therapy, and increased health care costs for individuals and societies.
He noted that the Egyptian state was one of the first countries to take proactive steps, by launching the national strategy to combat antimicrobial resistance in 2018, and despite the challenges that faced the whole world during the Korona pandemic, Egypt was able to withstand and work hard to launch the national plan to combat antimicrobials in May 2023, which worked to implement the anti -microbial resistance program in one hospital on The least in each governorate, with the inclusion of 80 hospitals by 2025, and the enhancement of infection control programs inside hospitals, where all hospitals of the Ministry of Health and affiliated bodies were evaluated, and the average commitment to infection control procedures reached 64.2%, with the highest and less assessed hospitals to take corrective measures.
Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar stated that the goals and efforts of this national strategy included the launch of the “Welfare” initiative to improve infection control procedures in 217 concentrated care units for newborns at the level of the Republic, which contributed to reducing infection rates and deaths between newborns, while strengthening the electronic monitoring systems of antibiotic microbes in all health facilities, to ensure accurate follow -up of resistance cases and take measures The occasion.
The Minister also touched on the importance of coordination between the various parties and sectors, which contributed to the launch of the national health strategy in cooperation with the Ministries of Agriculture and Environment, with the aim of achieving the integration of efforts in combating antimicrobial resistance to human health, animals and the environment.
At the end of his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister called on everyone to join hands and adhere to infection control procedures and anti -microbial resistance, in order to save lives, reduce the duration of patients ’residence in hospitals, and reduce health expenditures, in order to achieve the vision of” Egypt 2030 “for a safe and better health future for future generations.
For his part, Dr. Amr Qandil, Deputy Minister of Health, stated that infection control is an essential pillar in providing high -quality safe medical service within health facilities, where infection control works to enhance the safety and security of patients and medical service providers, by preventing the acquisition of infection within health facilities and limiting their spread.
He explained that the Ministry of Health has succeeded in making remarkable progress in this file over the past 20 years, noting that infection control has a major role in preventing and combating resistance to antimicrobials, which constitutes a threat to public health, pointing to the efforts of the ministry in spreading and intensifying societal awareness to rationalize the use of antibiotics, as well as intensify safety measures, fighting infection and obligating medical facilities to implement them Raising the health efficiency of citizens.
In his speech, Dr. Ali Al -Ghamrawi, head of the Egyptian Pharmaceutical Authority, said that the development witnessed by the medical sector proves that Egypt is moving forward in the right direction for the growth of health services and upgrading them according to ambitious rates, adding that the Egyptian pharmaceutical market is one of the largest regional markets, with a financial value of 308 billion pounds, and includes more than 12 thousand drug preparations, with total sales of up to 3.6 billion packages, and the formation of antibiotics Microbes 887 preparations with a total sales of 376 million packages, representing 10% of the total sales of the drug market, which includes unwanted use and 55% of the total antibiotics sales according to the latest statistics.
He explained that the Egyptian Drug Authority holds a great responsibility to ensure the good use of these products, pointing out that the authority joined the surveillance program and monitoring the consumption of antimicrobials, and works to monitor the market and organize inspection campaigns, stressing the authority’s belief in the importance of local and international cooperation to enhance efforts in combating antimicrobial resistance.
While Dr. Naama Abed, representative of the World Health Organization in Egypt, appreciated the efforts of the Ministry of Health in the procedures for controlling infection and resisting antimicrobials, and wise rationalization of antibiotics and controlling consumption rates, which would improve the quality of the healthy life of the Egyptian citizen, as well as raise the efficiency of the Egyptian health system, praising the Egyptian efforts to spread awareness among members of society within schools, clubs, institutions, government agencies and public places.
Dr. Radi Hammad, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Public Health Sector at the Ministry, reviewed the efforts of the Ministry of Health in the file of infection control and resistance to antimicrobials during the year (2024-2025), and also reviewed the supervision and follow-up activities of the General Administration for infection Control during 2024, where 587 visits were made for hospitals at the level of the Republic.
Dr. Sally Mohiuddin, Director General of the General Administration for infection Control in the Ministry, spoke about the efforts of the updated electronic national program to monitor hospital infection, in addition to reviewing the goals of the national plan to combat antimicrobial resistance 2023, and the stages of hospitalization in it that included 80 hospitals, as well as training efforts to combat resistance to antimicrobials, where 3780 trainees were trained.
