WHO Chief Praises Sisi's Efforts to Support Health Organization

The Secretary-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, praised the efforts of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to support the health organization.

"My thanks to you, President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi for your strong support for health and the World Health Organization. Happy day," Ghebreyesus tweeted.

It is worth mentioing that, President Sisi said that Egypt has had a long record of fruitful cooperation with the World Health Organization (WHO) since the mid-20th century.

Egypt hosted the headquarters of the WHO's regional office, which supports the health activities of more than 500 million citizens in the 22 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Giving a word during a celebration to mark the 75th anniversary of establishing the WHO, President Sisi underlined the Egypt-WHO cooperation in eradicating the hepatitis C virus in Egypt within the framework of the 100 Million Health Initiative, which the WHO considered an unprecedented initiative in its huge scope, quality and speed of implementation.

The umbrella of services of this pioneering initiative extended to include many African and Asian countries as part of Egypt's efforts to activate its role and responsibility towards the international community, he further noted.