Egypt Sends 15,000 C Virus Medicine Package to Uzbekistan

Egypt sent a 15,000 package of C Virus medicine to Uzbekistan in line with President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's "100 Million Healthy Lives" initiative.

Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Minister of Higher Education and Acting Minister of Health, welcomed the Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Cairo Mansour Bek Kelychiv to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral ties and relations between the two countries.

The two touched upon ways of training medical and nursing teams in addition to exchanging scientific expertise to ensure the achievement of sustainable development goals in line with Egypt's vision 2030, according to Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the spokesman for the Ministry of Health.

He pointed out that the two sides addressed mechanisms to activate cooperation between Egyptian universities and their counterparts in Uzbekistan, as well as forming joint working teams between (Egypt and Uzbekistan).

Moreover, they discussed cooperation in the fields of water and energy, setting up educational programs and research projects in order to serve the two countries.

On his part, the Ambassador of Uzbekistan hailed the strategies followed by the Egyptian state to improve the health sector, highlighting the efficiency of medical services provided to its citizens.

He also praised the professional medical training program provided to doctors and nursing staff. Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries. Kelychiv called on the minister to visit Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.