The Ministry of Health and Population (MHP) announced that it has conducted an audio logical survey for 3 million 946 thousand children, as part of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s initiative, for early detection and treatment of hearing impairment and loss in newborns, since the launch of the initiative in September 2019.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesman for the MHP, indicated that 466,234 children, out of the total number of children who were examined, were transferred for re-examination by conducting a confirmatory test, a week after the first examination, and in the same unit in which they were examined.
He added that, after the second test, 25 thousand 588 children were transferred to hospitals and referral centers.
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