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Medication in Egypt: between right and drug policies: Policy recommendation papers

16 September، 2019
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Posted in Papers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

Ahmed El Metwally ,Norhan SheirefEgyptAlia Ibrahim, Mohamed Salem The right to medicine is one of the most important components of the health care system in the world. The United Nations considers it an integral part of the right to health principle. In addition, medicine is essential for all human beings in all societies because of its direct relationship to the right to physical integrity and life. The task of providing medicines at fair prices in Egypt was one of the main features of the state’s perception in the Nasserist era of social justice and self-sufficiency. Through the industrialization of the…

Medical negligence: Between the escalation of the problem, media exploitation of officials, and lack of a clear implementation mechanism

29 December، 2015
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Posted in Papers and studies, Social justice and and inequality Multiple dimensions

Norhan SheirefEgyptThe deterioration of medical services and the misadministration of the medical sector in Egypt have always been linked to the absence of monitoring and accountability. The problem has also been lately escalating with the rise in the number of patients who died as a result of medical negligence and made the phenomenon impossible to overlook. According to a statement by the Administrative Prosecution, the cases of medical negligence in public hospitals alone reached 594 in 2014. Constant demands for countering the problem of medical negligence only resulted in surprise visits to hospitals by officials, governors, or representatives from the…