Egypt

The Minister of Health is witnessing the launch of the national plan for food, nutrition and road map to reduce anemia

Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, emphasized that Egypt is one of the first countries to respond to the outputs of the United Nations Food Systems Systems 2021, as it has begun to take executive steps towards enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of diet Of the organizations of the United Nations, the civil society and the private sector, where it represents an effective model for a multi -sectors participatory work under the umbrella & quot; one health & quot;

this came during his speech in the celebration of the launch of the national executive plan for food and nutrition systems 2025 & ndash; 2030 And also the road map to reduce anemia, under the auspices of the Prime Minister and in the presence of Dr. Ashraf Sobhi, Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Hani Sweilem, Minister of Irrigation, Dr. Yasmine Fouad, Minister of Environment, Dr. Alaa El Din Farouk, Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Dr. Sharif Farouk, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, and Dr. Tariq Al -Houbi, Chairman of the National Authority for Unified purchase. Deputy Prime Minister, efforts of public health initiatives, which aim to raise the health status of the Egyptian citizen, especially obesity, anemia and dwarfs, which provide an integrated package of services, are not limited to early examination and detection, but also include treatment, periodic follow -up, provision of awareness, psychological and nutritional evaluation. Food, by integrating the concept of food systems in national policies, enhancing institutional coordination between actors, as well as supporting national efforts that enhance health, safe and sustainable food patterns. 2030, which began with the National Document for Successful Diets in Egypt & Ndash; 2021, after Egypt’s active participation in the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021; Which identified national paths and priorities and identifying the areas of interventions to be worked on for each part of the partners, through the national food and nutrition strategy 2023 & ndash; 2030 to determine the national goals that are being worked on to maximize the efforts made in this field, pointing to the agreement on the goals, activities and programs included in the national executive plan based on the national food and nutrition strategy 2023 & ndash; 2030. Agreement on the priorities, interventions and activities required, in a way that contributes to the integration of roles between all parties and enhances the effectiveness of implementation and establishes the principle of active partnership in formulating public policies, and achieves the highest levels of commitment and coordination in implementing the plan during the coming years. Protected crops to achieve the highest productivity of vegetables with bound areas and the application of organic agriculture and contractual agriculture systems for the purpose of obtaining healthy and safe food and achieving surplus export, as well as the implementation of national projects for the development of livestock, poultry and fish. By 2030, with the aim of achieving the largest possible amount of self -sufficiency in strategic crops, in addition to implementing many integrated agricultural development projects such as the development of field irrigation and the establishment of the largest triple treatment plants for agricultural wastewater and reuse in irrigation. The United Nations represents a model to be followed in the multilateral development work, as success in implementing such strategies requires a joint work in which efforts are combined and built confidence between all parties. He believed, noting that the dietary support system was developed through a comprehensive digital transformation, updating the databases of the beneficiaries, and activating the mechanisms of smart targeting, in parallel with the implementation of the unified card project that is one of the most prominent achievements of the state in the field of social justice. It is effective from the Egyptian state by making nutrition an essential pillar in human development, noting the adoption of a multi -sectors participatory approach, confirming the United Nations support for these ambitious efforts towards more comprehensive and efficient food systems.

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