Egypt Delivers 10Th Batch Of Anti-Hepatitis Drugs To Uzbekistan
Date
7/17/2023 3:07:43 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) On July 15, Uzbekistan Airways from Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) to
Tashkent delivered the tenth batch of the Daclatasvir drug against
hepatitis C, allocated by the Egyptian government as humanitarian
aid to Uzbekistan, , Azernews reports, citing Kun.uz News
Agency.
More than 3,000 packages of Daclatasvir-60 mg in 114 boxes are
intended for patients at the Research Institute of Virology under
the health Ministry of Uzbekistan.
It should be noted that Egypt has made significant progress in
the fight against hepatitis B and C viruses. According to the
Egyptian Ministry of Health, the population of the country has
completely recovered from this disease, Minister Khaleed
Abdughaffar said at the 76th WHO session, which was held in Geneva
on May 21-30 this year.
The Egyptian government has developed and is successfully
implementing a national program“Healthy lifestyle”, which is
expected to allocate $100 million.
It is important to note that this action is carried out in
accordance with the agreements concluded during the official visit
of the President of Uzbekistan to Egypt on February 20-21, 2023, as
well as negotiations between the ministries of health of the two
countries.
It should be recalled that in his election program, the
President of Uzbekistan put forward an initiative that the
treatment of hepatitis C would be carried out in our country at
public expense.
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