Health
From The Report: Morocco 2016
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Health care services in Morocco have evolved in line with the country’s epidemiological transition, facilitated by heightened surveillance of health-related conditions and the maturing role carried out by the private sector. Developments have tracked objectives outlined in the country’s long-term strategy, Vision 2020. In its 2012-16 phase, reforms have aimed primarily at consolidating past gains but also addressing new needs, with a particular focus on restructuring emergency services, promoting family medicine, developing rural health care, extending national coverage schemes and developing human resources. Broader health coverage and the gradual expansion of medical services bode well for the future of the sector. The challenge that lies ahead is to ensure even distribution of facilities and medical staff as demand for health services rises.

This chapter contains an interview with Ahmed El Bahri, Managing Director, Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zaid Foundation.

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Overview

Forward steps: Access to care has broadened and infrastructure improved, but challenges remain
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Health care services in Morocco have evolved in line with the country’s epidemiological transition, facilitated by heightened surveillance of health-related conditions and the maturing role carried out by the private sector. Developments have evolved in line with the objectives outlined in the country’s long-term strategy, Vision 2020. Implemented in 2006, the strategy aims at achieving an efficient health care system by 2020. In its 2012-16 phase, reforms have aimed primarily at consolidating…

Interview

Innovative solutions: OBG talks to Ahmed El Bahri, Managing Director, Cheikh Khalifa Ibn Zaid Foundation
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Interview:Ahmed El Bahri What challenges do you identify in the upcoming years for the health sector in Morocco? AHMED EL BAHRI: Access to health care has been a constitutional right since 2011, and the government has set a target of 3300 doctor graduates per year by 2020 to address the needs of the population. Despite efforts made by the public sector, this target is unlikely to be reached as only 1300 doctors currently graduate every year. This is because Morocco is facing a human resources…

Analysis

Shy of potential: New clusters aim to reinvigorate the pharmaceuticals industry
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Uncertainty has reigned over the pharmaceutical industry in the past couple of years after the government instituted a policy in 2013 reducing the cost of wide range of pharmaceutical goods. First initiated in December 2013, the move aims at boosting access to medicine as well as domestic consumption, which has traditionally been limited by high costs as a proportion of average spending capacities. Annual per capita health spending currently stands at around Dh400 (€36.68) in Morocco, compared…