Under the auspices of H.E President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply, and Medical Technology Management (UPA) organized its first press conference for the launch of the first medical Exhibition and Conferences “Africa Health ExCon” …

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The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply, and Medical Technology Management (UPA) organized its first press conference for the launch of the first &largest medical exhibition and Conferences under the auspices of H.E President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Including the agenda the objectives of the Africa Health ExCon in the presence of Dr.Adel Adawy former minister of Health and the Head of the scientific committee, Ambassador Soha El Gendy Assistant of the minister of foreign affairs and director of African Organizations and groupings Department and Dr. Tamer Essam Chairman of the Egyptian Drug Authority.
Major General Dr.Bahaa El-Din Zeidan, Chairman of the Egyptian Authority for the Unified Procurement ,Medical Supply and the management of Medical Technology(UPA) said that Egypt’s interest in developing and repairing health care system is not only as one of the main pillars of Egypt vision 2030 but also to achieve the third goal of the United Nations Plan of Sustainable Development 2030 “Good and well-being” which originally looks after achieving universal health coverage to ensure access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all as well as the localization of pharmaceutical industry. And with the ambitious African Agenda 2063 focusing on Scaling up investments in health care to boost health in the continent, Africa has been witnessing a booming economic growth over the last decade with Six of the world’s fastest-growing economies.
He explained that Egypt is adopting an integrative policy with all African countries through building partnerships and institutional integration to face the African continent’s common challenges, particularly those risks affecting the effectiveness of health care systems and quality of life through cooperation in areas seeking to facilitate the right sourcing of products and equitable distribution to contribute to the continent’s Health Agenda in ensuring equitable access of quality health technology products and services to all African Countries, limiting the burden of diseases and strengthening the chances of localization of high-tech medical industries in the continent.
He added that the Egyptian government began restructuring a comprehensive and integrated health care system and executing many reforms and measures to create a good climate for investment in the Egyptian health care sector. This has led to a broad field of investment in health care by increasing demand for medical products and increasing investment in providing Medical services by enhancing the business environment.

And for that The Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply, and Medical Technology Management (UPA) is endorsing Africa Health ExCon Exhibition and Conferences under the auspices of H.E President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi which held on 60,000 square meters the largest Medical Exhibition and Conferences in Africa from 5th till 7th of June 2022 at Al Manara International Conference Center – Egypt International Exhibitions Center (EIEC) Cairo,Egypt.
Africa Health ExCon is organized to be the continental hub of innovation and trade in Egypt as well as in Africa. In other words, it seeks to refocus the minds of all those operating in the Health and Pharma business to Africa’s investment potential and thrive the healthcare industry in Africa.
With the aim of creating a sustainable platform connecting the world healthcare buyers and suppliers under one common roof as well giving the chance for all health care partners to interact together, Africa Health ExCon targets many diversified medical sectors:
1. Medical supplies and consumables.
2. Medical Equipment.
3. Pharmaceuticals.
4. Laboratory consumables and chemicals. 5.Dental Equipment and consumables.
6. Feeding Industries.
7. Packaging.
8. Dermal Products.
9. Nutrition and Vitamins.
10. Medical insurance.
11. Healthcare service providers.
12. Pharmacies.
The Africa Health ExCon will also introduce a unique continuous educational session via education lectures, hands-on training and workshops, live surgeries and more. Global experts and professionals in the medical field with a wealth of experience, highlighting the most trending and popular topics, will deliver this vision.
Africa Health ExCon will allow the companies to meet main key figures from governmental entities, hospitals, industrial leaders, and vendors, acting as not only an opportunity to expand their distribution, but also a chance to expand their supply chain and build new partnerships with an interactive target audience.

Dr. Adel Adawi, the chairman of the scientific committee of Africa Health ExCon, stressed on that this ExCon aims to be the continental hub of innovation and trade in Egypt as well as in Africa creating a sustainable platform connecting the world healthcare buyers and suppliers under one common roof as well giving the chance for all health care partners to interact together.
Dr. Adawi stressed that the Egyptian movements during the past few years and since President Abd Al- Fattah Al-Sisi took charge, Africa has been holding a major and advanced role in the political leadership which confirms the historical and strategic importance of the Egyptian African relations.
H.E the President of the Republic has always referred to the African continent as a priority in all his speeches and the measures taken by Egypt in terms of development in African countries and across Africa.
That was clearly and explicitly mentioned when he said: “We are determined to return Egypt to its position and make an active contribution with the rest of the countries of the continent to confront the challenges that await us, especially terrorism, organized crime, epidemics and environmental degradation.
The success of Egypt in the implementation of a number of developmental and infrastructural projects in more than 23 countries in the continent including the “Cairo-Cape Town” project is the biggest evidence of support of the political leadership to the African continent. The Cairo-Cape Town project is considered to be the longest project to link Northern and Southern African countries together through the construction of land roads.
H.E Abd El Fattah Al-Sisi said that health care in Egypt witnessed an unprecedented leap based on the clear and comprehensive 2030 vision, and accordingly, the latest medications has been listed in the treatment protocols regardless of its expense. The Egyptian Health Insurance System, Universal Health Insurance, State Funded Medical Treatment, Unified Procurement Authority, The Egyptian Drug Authority, The General Authority for Healthcare Accreditation and Regulation, and others were clear examples of the advancement of the health care system while having patients’ well-being as their main priority. The presidential initiatives also constituted noticeable care for egyptian patients with great generosity in order to provide the best types of treatments to all citizens for all diseases without discrimination so that the Egyptian patient can enjoy a service that is not available in many developed countries.
He added that this was fairly similar to the human development report in Egypt 2021, as the world witnessed Egypt’s reform efforts towards it’s improvement on a physical and monetary level. Over the past years, Egypt has had comprehensive reform, giving the priority to economic advancement as an essential pillar for development, while placing the egyptian citizen at the heart of the development process.
The report mentioned that Egypt progressed in the international competition 26 rankings and 48 rankings in the world infrastructure index only over the past five or six years a midst the global

pandamic “Covid19”; however, Egypt was able to withstand and continue the process of development and progress.
He said public investments has doubled in the health care sector 19 times to reach 54 billion pounds in 2021, while being 2.7 billion pounds in 2013. In addition, 20 initiatives have been launched aiming at improving the health of the Egyptian citizen by completing the universal health insurance system, one that comes on top of the projects adopted by the Egyptian government.
In the field of health, the expenditure rate of the social housing project and the improvement and availability of adequate housing has reached 430 billion pounds, the intensification of programs to establish adequate housing for citizens for more than one million families, and the activation of the “Life initiative”.
In continuation of this approach and this political framework, and in light of the directions of H.E. President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, to develop the medical system to strengthen ties with the countries of the African and Arab continent, and to emphasize Egypt’s leading role in the region, and in line with Egypt’s Vision 2030 to achieve the state’s strategic plan and to advance the achievement of the United Nations sustainable development goals “good health and well-being” and the healthy Egypt vision for the year 2030 to implement universal health care coverage and strengthen prevention and public health.
The establishment of this exhibition and the first African medical forum “Africa Health ExCon” came with the aim of integration and cooperation in the field of health between African countries to meet the needs in the medical field, whether products or services, or to open new markets for local companies and improve export opportunities to African and Arab countries through the Africa Health ExCon portal via Egypt.
In the end, there is no doubt that the Covid-19 pandemic clearly reflected the importance of supporting the health care sector in the whole world, to confront this pandemic and the coming pandemics. It shed light on the need for all countries of the world to be ready to share science and scientific developments to confront the health problems resulting from these pandemics. Thus, one of the important reasons that reflects the importance of the forum and the exhibition is the exchange of ideas and the latest medical technologies in the treatment of diseases, therefore, achieving interoperability.