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Egypt Medical Forum Reviews Development, Localizing of Vaccine Industry


Wed 01 Dec 2021 | 06:18 PM
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 Egypt is one of the leading countries in the health sector and the pharmaceutical industry in the Middle East and Africa

And based on this consideration, the Egypt Medical Forum , which will be held in mid-December, will discuss the development and localizing of the vaccine industry in the country.

Participants in that forum will also discuss efforts of the Egyptian state to direct medical facilities and raise the efficiency of hospitals within the Arab Republic of Egypt.

The forum seeks the Egyptian government's mechanisms of development of the health sector in order to reach an integrated health system in the new republic.

Commenting on the efforts made by the Egyptian state, Dr. Ahmed Salah Kamel, Secretary General of the Egypt Medical Forum, said that EGYPT Medical Forum", which will be launched in its first edition in Cairo on the eleventh of December.

He added that forum is the first conference that addresses the health sector as a whole as an integrated industry.

Kamel pointed out that Egypt is the leading country in the health sector and the pharmaceutical industry in the Middle East and Africa, and the history of practicing medicine in the country goes back thousands of years.

He affirmed that Egypt has always been considered the destination of healing and treatment for many reasons, most notably the presence of highly qualified, and experienced Egyptian doctors , in addition to medical facilities and facilities at the highest level.

He went on to say in a press statement issued today, that the health industry in Egypt is one of the huge industries that cannot be limited to providing medical services.

He noted that the efforts of the Egyptian state to develop this industry, which are represented in its organs and sectors, led by the Ministry of Health, has a prominent role in organizing the health sector that touches the lives of all Egyptians throughout their lives, including health vaccinations, food and drug control, drug manufacturing companies, therapeutic hospitals and health products.

Kamel explained that the pharmaceutical industry in Egypt and the world cannot be ignored, because the size of the pharmaceutical industry has surpassed many industries in terms of size and is comparable to the arms industry in terms of strategic importance, which prompts us to increase interest and awareness of the importance of this industry.

Translated by Ahmed Moamar