Health is a fundamental human right and an essential component of development. Since His accession to the Throne of His Glorious Ancestors, His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist Him, has spared no effort or time to ensure social justice and equal access to health care. health to His faithful citizens.
The Sovereign has made the promotion of the health sector his hobbyhorse, including it among the major essential projects of the country and establishing it as one of the major pillars for the consolidation of citizenship in dignity and for the achievement of comprehensive and integrated human development.
The challenge is to provide populations with satisfactory physical and moral well-being, as well as to guarantee them sanitary conditions that allow them to contribute, fully and efficiently, to productive activities and the development of their society.
HM the King has, in fact, never ceased to multiply initiatives and His magnanimous gestures with a view to democratizing access to health care, within the framework of a policy of proximity, to improve the health of people with specific needs, the elderly, or suffering from chronic illnesses, and to ensure the health sovereignty of the Kingdom.
These initiatives and actions were reinforced by the launch, on January 27 in Benslimane, of work to build a manufacturing plant for anti-Covid-19 vaccines and other vaccines, a structuring project which, in the long term, will contribute to ensuring the vaccine sovereignty of the Kingdom and the African Continent as a whole.
This industrial unit is part of the enlightened Vision of His Majesty the King intended to position the Kingdom as an essential biotechnological hub in Africa and in the world, capable of ensuring the health needs of the Continent in the short and long term. terms, integrating pharmaceutical research, clinical development, manufacturing and marketing of high-need biopharmaceuticals.
Called “SENSYO Pharmatech”, the industrial unit of Benslimane, the largest platform by Fill & Finish capacity of vaccines in Africa, will ensure the manufacture and syringe filling of vaccines (anti-Covid and other vaccines).
The particular interest that the Sovereign has never ceased to show in the health sector was also manifested on the occasion of the launch, on May 5 in Rabat, of the construction works of the new “Ibn Sina” hospital. , a futuristic project that will strengthen the Kingdom’s healthcare offer with a capacity of more than 1,000 beds.
The future Hospital, which is part of an overall vision to strengthen the current health structure of the Kingdom, also attests to the central role that HM the King grants to the strengthening of basic health services and their rapprochement with citizens. , to the instruction of human resources in this vital sector, and His determination to provide them with quality training, adapted to the scientific and technological developments that have taken place in terms of treatment, prevention, management and health governance, and this , in accordance with international standards.
Furthermore, HM the King’s aspiration for social justice, which the Sovereign never ceases to embody by putting words into action, has found its clear and unequivocal translation in the project for the generalization of social protection, launched by Her Majesty on April 14, 2021.
This Royal project, which will initially benefit farmers, craftsmen and craft professionals, traders, professionals and independent service providers subject to the single professional contribution scheme (CPU), the auto-entrepreneurship scheme or the accountancy, will have to extend, in a second time, to other categories in the perspective of the effective generalization of the social protection to all the citizens.
A true social revolution, this project will have direct and tangible effects on improving the living conditions of citizens, preserving the dignity of all Moroccans, in addition to its participation in the integration of the informal sector.
More than a year after its launch, health insurance is accessible to 11 million self-employed workers and their dependents, assured the Head of Government last June when answering a question on “the implementation site level of the national health system”, during the monthly plenary session devoted to the public policy of the government in the House of Representatives, specifying that it is a question of 1.6 million farmers, half a million craftsmen and 800,000 traders and craftsmen subject to the single professional contribution scheme, accountants or auto-entrepreneurs, in addition to 140,000 taxi drivers and 230,000 professional drivers.
Health insurance also concerns doctors, pharmacists, engineers, veterinarians, topographers, midwives, rehabilitation professions, dentists, nutritionists, notaries, tourist guides, adouls, artists and other groups, he continued.
Imprinted with the values of humanity, the action of the Sovereign has thus materialized in numerous initiatives which tend to achieve the third Goal among those of Sustainable Development, namely to enable everyone to live in good health and promote well-being. of all, at all ages, by 2030, as Morocco, like the other members of the international community, has made a commitment.
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