Egypt's health minister meets German institute to expand health economics studies

Egyptian Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met a WifOR delegation in Berlin to discuss expanding socioeconomic studies of health interventions.

• Abdel Ghaffar met the German health economics institute's delegation on the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin.
• Spokesman Hossam Abdel Ghaffar said talks reviewed the "Societal Value of Health" initiative and studies on the socioeconomic impact of breast cancer and diabetic retinopathy treatments.
• The two sides discussed expanding the studies to national health priorities and examining how improved health affects productivity and labor market participation.
• Talks covered developing a research framework to assess the impact of implementing national health priorities.