President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Sunday to Al Manara International Conference Center in New Cairo to open the 1st Africa Health ExCon, the biggest medical exhibition and conference on the continent.
The three-day event is held under the auspices of President Sisi.
Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli and Higher Education Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar received the president upon arrival.
More than 400 members of healthcare chamber members will take part in the event alongside a number of international and national companies operating in the medical sector, topped by the Egyptian Authority for Unified Procurement, Medical Supply and Technology Management (AUPP) and the Arab Hospitals Federation.
Also, representatives for the African health ministries will attend the event.
Source: State Information Service Egypt