The Government has also taken a series of other steps, including:
a) Providing 20 million immunization packages in Egypt to approximately 2.6 million
children annually in all governorates. Parents of children who have been vaccinated are
advised to ensure that all vaccinations are administered with the vaccination coverage
rate now exceeding 96 percent.
b) Providing vaccinations and vaccines for all vaccination target groups (children,
schoolchildren, travelers, national campaigns, etc.).
c) Launching National campaigns and limited campaigns against polio, German Measles
and Mumps, providing up to 40 million annual vaccinations, with positive monitoring of all
diseases targeted with vaccination.
d) The provision of free anti-HIV drugs and periodic follow-up laboratory tests for AIDS
sufferers through 13 specialist centers in a number of governorates, and the provision of
voluntary HIV testing and laboratory testing via 23 fixed and mobile centers in 17
governorates, serving 4,602 recipients to date.
e) Reducing the rate of serological transformation among renal dialysis patients from 27
percent before the establishment of the infection control structure and the associated
implementation of infection control procedures to less than one percent in 2016.
f)
Supporting safe disposal of waste system products by providing 17 incinerators, with
periodic sampling of the outlets at drinking water purification plants to control the
drainage. Concerning the quality control and safety of drinking water, 34,194 samples
were taken to ensure their fitness for human consumption.
The state also strives to provide safe drinking water in 27 governorates. Drinking water is now
available to around 96 percent of the total population with a national project now underway to
expand the availability of drinking water to include the entire population and meet the needs of
all citizens. A number of monitoring and distribution stations have been opened across the
country to regularly monitor the quality of the drinking water supply on a 24-hour basis in order
to ensure compliance with international standards and specifications, complying with the
guidelines of the WHO in terms of the number and regularity of samples tested from the water
networks and their safety for consumers in all regions.
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