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The General Authority for Health Care, one of the comprehensive bodies of the health insurance system, launched its first medical, awareness and education campaign for 2024 in Aswan Governorate with the theme “Stick to your health.” The authority stated that the campaign, which was launched on January 1 this year in Aswan Governorate, the sixth governorate with comprehensive health insurance currently being implemented, is considered as the second phase of the campaign and a continuation of the first phase launched in The project was launched in the Canal Region and Luxor Governorate in 20022 and 2023, in collaboration with the international company Unilever.
The health authority’s statement explained that the health authority’s campaign aims to maintain mouth and gum health and, in addition to examining teeth, teach children how to wash their hands properly, in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Measuring sugar levels and blood pressure and raising awareness of the importance of brushing your teeth in maintaining the health of your mouth, teeth and gums. .
The statement examined the results of the campaign in the four governorates of Port Said, Luxor, Ismailia and Suez, which were included in the first phase of the campaign. In total, more than 800,000 medical and educational services were provided, in terms of the total number of citizens benefited. The campaign’s services reached 160,000 citizens in the Port Said Governorate, 250,000 citizens in the Luxor Governorate and 270. One thousand citizens in the Ismailia Governorate, as well as 125 citizens in the Suez Governorate.
Dr. Ahmed Al-Sabki, Chairman of the Health Authority and General Supervisor of the Comprehensive Health Insurance and Decent Life Projects at the Ministry of Health and Population, stated that the campaign aims to raise awareness and provide medical examinations to two million citizens by the end of 2024 and Stresses that strengthening prevention concepts and introducing healthy behavior as a pattern in life are extremely important for achieving comprehensive health coverage. In this context, global control and prevention efforts are intensified to prevent the occurrence of diseases as well as the elimination of diseases, as this is a global trend, including raising individual awareness of the importance of this disease in order to ensure the health of citizens in addition to improving the quality of life and the level of public health for all citizens, especially children, in line with the campaigns under the slogan “100 Million Health” and in line with the political leadership’s interest in the health of Egypt’s future generations.
Noting that the campaign is primarily aimed at children of all ages. As part of the awareness campaign, children and their families will be educated about the proper methods of handwashing and the importance of brushing their teeth since childhood. A number of symbolic gifts and coloring books are also available and distributed to teach children the importance of hand washing and cleaning. Proper teeth to encourage children to pay attention to personal hygiene, whether in schools or in trucks passing through the governorate.
In a related context, Al-Subki explained that dental services are among the most significant services in comprehensive health care, as the Health Authority is able to provide 2.5 million dental services through the authority’s family medical centers and units in the previous governorates of the Comprehensive health insurance system.
Dr. Radwa Imam, General Supervisor of Health Awareness and Initiatives, stressed that infection prevention and control, including hand hygiene, is extremely important in achieving comprehensive health coverage and noted the importance of sensitizing young people about these preventive measures and to inform They teach them healthy health patterns in a practical way. In addition to using technological tools to instill passion and joy in children about the importance of handwashing, it is considered one of the most effective measures to limit the spread of pathogens and prevent and transmit infections, especially viral ones.
It is noteworthy that the “Your Health…Keep Your Hands and Teeth” campaign truck, which travels through a number of different schools and neighborhoods in Aswan Governorate, has sinks to train children and teach them the correct steps to wash their hands with soap and water as well as some initial examinations to determine the oral and dental health of all participants. In the truck, from different age groups.
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