Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met a delegation of Swedish healthcare company representatives, led by Sweden’s Minister for Health Elisabeth Laan, to explore ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation and expand healthcare and investment partnerships, the health ministry said. The meeting, held at the ministry’s headquarters in Egypt’s New Administrative Capital, underscored the depth of strategic relations between the two countries. Abdel Ghaffar expressed Egypt’s ambition to deepen collaboration with Sweden through technology transfer and the exchange of expertise to improve the quality of healthcare services. In addition, the two sides discussed cooperation opportunities in digital health, including unified electronic medical records, telemedicine solutions, AI-driven clinical decision-support tools, and frameworks for health data governance, security and sustainability. Senior officials from the Egyptian Drug Authority, the Unified Procurement Authority and the health ministry attended the meeting, according to the statement.

Source: Daily News Egypt February 04, 2026 16:32 UTC