Egypt’s Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar chaired Wednesday a meeting of the National Council for Mental Health to set controls and mechanisms to implement the National Mental Health initiative and to discuss a strategy for spreading the culture of mental health among all age groups of society. 

The meeting also discussed a plan to expand mental health facilities and adopt a future vision to improve the situation of mental patients. It also discussed the financial and investment aspects of the council to benefit from in plans to expand mental health services and raise their efficiency.