The Health Ministry is due to receive a USD 140 mn tranche of USD 500 mn in funding from the World Bank for Hepatitis C eradication in September, said Assistant Health Minister Sayed El Shahed. Earlier this month, Health Minister Ahmed Rady announced that USD 200 mn of the funding will be used to conduct a survey of on the prevalence of Hepatitis C. The rest of the funding will be used to develop hospitals, clinics and diagnostic centers for the disease, according to Shahed.

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