Ministry of Well being and Inhabitants introduced Friday 29/03/2024 that listening to screening providers have been supplied to six,264,982 youngsters, as a part of a presidential initiative for early detection and therapy of listening to impairment and loss in newborns, since its launch in September 2019.
Dr. Hossam Abdel Ghaffar, the official spokesperson for the Ministry of Well being and Inhabitants mentioned, the variety of hospitals and listening to referral facilities has elevated to 34 as a substitute of 30 facilities in all governorates.
Hospitals and facilities have been supplied with the most recent medical units and provides in help of the listening to initiative providers, he added.
The initiative was launched in September 2019 at 3,500 well being items and places of work throughout all governorates to conduct auditory screening exams for youngsters from start till the age of 28 days.
