Egypt: PM Directs Officials to Intensify Efforts to End Leprosy, Support Recovered Cases

Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli has directed officials to intensify efforts on having zero-leprosy cases and providing recovered patients with full social and financial support.

The premier’s directives came Tuesday, June 10, 2025, during a meeting to follow up on the government’s efforts to uproot leprosy disease. The meeting was attended by the ministers of health and population, local development, social solidarity and housing and the governors of Alexandria and Qalyubia and a host of…