Khaled Abdel Ghaffar

Khaled Abdel Ghaffar was appointed Egypt’s minister of health and population in August 2022 after serving as interim minister since 2021. He was previously minister of higher education and scientific research from 2017 to 2022. Before his first ministerial appointment, he was dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at Ain Shams University and the vice president of graduate studies and research, as well as head of the Department of Oral Medicine, Periodontics, Diagnostics and Radiology.

Health

Struggling to heal: Egypt’s health initiatives in the face of health burdens

Despite numerous health burdens, many of which intensified due to Covid-19, Egypt...