Hesham ElGhazaly, Elected President of the Executive Board at Egyptian Cancer Society, Professor of Clinical Oncology at Ain Shams University, and the Founder and CEO of Alfa Cure Oncology Center, shared a post by Ministry of Health and Population – Egypt on LinkedIn, adding:
“The Egyptian effort continues with the meeting of the National Committee for Women’s Health at the Ministry of Health and Population this week, reviewing progress and future directions of the presidential initiatives supporting women’s health (PIWH).
The discussions reaffirmed the importance of prevention and early detection as the foundation of effective cancer control, and I am proud that the Egyptian experience is being recognized as a global model. We reviewed key performance indicators since 2019, alongside efforts to strengthen coordination, institutional efficiency, and evidence-based decision-making.
Encouraging conversations also took place around innovation, including the use of AI in mammography and radiotherapy, digital pathology, and continuous training of healthcare professionals to ensure sustainability and evolving care for women across Egypt.”
Quoting Ministry of Health and Population – Egypt‘s post:
“The Ministry of Health holds a meeting of the National Committee for the Follow-up of Presidential Initiatives for Women’s Health.
The Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) held a meeting of the National Committee for Women’s Health at the Ministry’s headquarters in the New Administrative Capital, to follow up on the latest developments in the implementation of the presidential initiatives related to women’s health, and to review the most prominent achievements of the initiative to support women’s health.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman of the Ministry, confirmed that the meeting stressed the completion of the success of the initiative and based on the positive results achieved, with the creation of new committees that work alongside the scientific committees to enhance institutional efficiency. He pointed out that the control of tumors is mainly based on prevention and early detection, which made the Egyptian experience a model to be followed globally.
Abdel Ghaffar explained that the meeting stressed the importance of enhancing coordination between the concerned authorities and developing action plans to improve the quality of health services provided to women in a sustainable manner, while benefiting from accurate data in making evidence-based decisions.
He pointed out that the meeting included a review of performance indicators since July 2019, which included the number of visits to health units and hospitals, the total number of radiological examinations and pathological analyses, in addition to the detected and referred breast cancer cases for treatment, the number of cases that started treatment according to the new protocols, in addition to the efforts to train service providers and develop the health infrastructure at the level of the Republic.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar noted the international recognition of Egyptian efforts in the field of women’s health, while emphasizing the role of health economics in evaluating the efficiency of investments and maximizing the use of resources to ensure sustainability and the quality of services.
He added that the meeting witnessed an extensive discussion on the existing challenges and mechanisms to address them, in addition to discussing scientific protocols and the roles of subcommittees, the distribution of radiology devices, the role of artificial intelligence technologies in raising the accuracy of mammogram and radiation therapy examinations, as well as the digital pathology project and training programs for medical staff, with recommendations and future plans to enhance the impact of the initiative.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Mohamed Hassani, Assistant Minister for Public Health Projects and Initiatives, Dr. Hisham Al-Ghazali, Chairman of the National Committee for Women’s Health Support, Dr. Mohamed Fawzi, Advisor to the Minister for Radiology Affairs, Dr. Mohamed Hijazi, Vice Chairman of the Scientific Committee, and Dr. Hatem Amin, Executive Director of the Women’s Health Initiative, in addition to committee members and representatives of the concerned authorities.”
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