The Ministry of Health participates in a summit "Nutrition for growth" Paris

Dr. Abla Al -Alfi, Deputy Minister of Health and Population for Population Affairs participated in a dialogue session at the & quot; Nutrition for Growth & quot; It is held in the French capital, Paris, from 27-28 March. Sania Nishtar, CEO of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Evance & quot; Javi & quot;, & nbsp; Dr. Dereje Duguma, Minister of State for Services and Health Programs in Ethiopia, Dr. Bounfang Phoumalaysith, Minister of Health, Vice -Chairman of the National Nutrition Committee in Laos, Dr. Mariano Assanami, Deputy Prime Minister of East Timor, Dr. Sara Haunt, Political Director of the Development Cooperation Division and Africa of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Irish. Dignity & quot; A social protection & nbsp; for the family, especially women, and children in early childhood, with a focus on the child’s feeding and healthy development physically and psychologically, as it is also directed to & nbsp; for the elderly and people with disabilities & nbsp; whether for mothers or children, stressing that the solidarity program of the Ministry of Solidarity is the largest national program to spend the benefits, where it offers conditional monetary transfers to families That has children, with the aim of strengthening & quot; the accumulation of human capital & quot; By supporting family income and encouraging families benefiting to invest in the health, education and nutrition of their children, through the requirement of attendance to schools and conducting medical examinations as a basic condition & nbsp; To obtain support through the program.

& nbsp; At least three visits to the primary health care unit annually, to obtain primary health care services, such as prenatal care, child growth monitoring, and attending health awareness and proper nutrition sessions, where the program has benefited 5.2 million families so far, to ensure sustainability, and with the support of the World Bank, mothers who benefit from the & quot; opportunity & quot; As Asariars, and work with a monthly salary equivalent to approximately 4 times the salary of the program & quot & quot;, which achieved sustainability and creating job opportunities.

& nbsp; Until the two ministries & nbsp; and social solidarity implemented the Golden Day program to improve the health and nutritional situation for Egyptian children, within the framework of the presidential initiative for human development & quot; a new beginning for human building & quot; where the Ministry of Social Solidarity sponsors women and children most vulnerable, by providing supplementary cash transfers for children under the age of two and their mothers, along with food follow -up and consulting, where Statistics in 2011 show that support covered 72 million individuals through bread allowance and 64.4 million individuals through food rations, and the Ministry of Health and Population is responsible for registering families ’fulfillment of conditions, then data shares with the Ministry of Social Solidarity to ensure families obtain these monthly payments through the & nbsp; Digital payments and feature cards (to withdraw money from ATM). It is a new program that enhances government support through medical and awareness care, and social protection through the support of the Ministry of Social Solidarity, NGOs and the private sector, by providing food funds, nutritional supplements, and empowering women to achieve sustainability, and Egypt also implement a school feeding program aimed at improving the nutritional state of students, thus enhancing their physical and mental development, in addition to the program of examining school children to detect dwarfs, anemia and obesity, Providing examinations and full treatment. Sufficiently, there were many aspects that cause dwarfs needing more effort to eliminate it, such as preventing infection, positive education, and motivation in addition, there are still challenges related to the spread of obesity, non -infectious diseases associated with diet, lack of microorganisms, high anemia between breastfeeding women and children under the age of five, in addition to low weight at birth, and childbirth Early, and newborns. Between the periods of pregnancy, which increases the lack of microorganisms, leads to stunting, anemia, low weight at birth, newborn deaths, appropriate individual consulting lack, regular evaluation of growth, positive education, in addition to the lack of breastfeeding skills, especially in newborns, newborn care shortages, and newly closed intensive care units Childbirth. Eager training trained counselors, using the principle of tasks sharing to achieve sustainability throughout the country, and awareness of the importance of & quot; A thousand golden day & quot; linking the births between the rights of each child to optimal care during this period, reviving the obstetric profession, training specialists, raising the level of societal awareness to the benefits of natural birth, and applying the intensive care units of the newborn birth. For the mother and child, and the care that focuses on the family in the intensive care units of newborns. The sectors, setting a road map to combat obesity and opening specialized clinics for obesity with trained cadres, developing a action plan to combat anemia, updating the law marketing alternatives to the Egyptian mother’s milk for the year 202, in addition to formulating policies related to the status of foods, organizing trans fats, and the integration of the health system, where the combination of consultations and nutrition services in health care facilities was used Initial, training of healthcare professionals on nutrition topics, including breastfeeding, infant nutrition, malnutrition diagnosis and management, and adaptation of the & quot; Alf Golden Day & quot; With the local context of focusing on the critical periods of nutritional needs with filling gaps, targeting new population categories, reviving initiatives friendly facilities for the mother and child, and the launch of the National Program for the Prevention of Dwating and Aquement (through Awareness, Follow -up of Growth, and Social Protection) starting from the most affected areas

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and continued the Deputy Minister of Health that programs have been implemented Social protection that includes feeding interventions, such as food aid and nutritional education through dried food boxes, educational kitchen, women’s empowerment for sustainability, improving local financing by working with NGOs and the private sector to improve food security for weak population groups, through the Egyptian food bank, non -governmental organizations, cooperation and multi -segmental networking, and the participation of various ministries (health, Social Solidarity, Agriculture, Education), United Nations Agencies (World Health Organization, UNICEF, World Food and Agriculture Program, NGOs in Nutrition Initiatives, in addition to improving nutrition control systems to monitor progress made such as UNICEF. Awareness, that malnutrition contributes to increasing the costs of health care, low productivity, and poor cognitive growth, and that improving public health and merged nutrition into health systems with the aim of preventing and managing diet -related diseases, improving mother and child health, enhancing public health, in addition to enhancing social protection for nutrition with the aim of treating food insecurity and improving access to nutritional foods, in particular For vulnerable population, which helps reduce the effects of & nbsp; Poverty and inequality, as Egypt’s efforts are compatible with the sustainable development goals, especially the second goal (eliminating hunger) and the third goal (good health and well -being).

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