King Mohammed VI has stressed the importance of ensuring a fair and equitable access to health care services in order to achieve sustainable development, social inclusion and cohesion, paving the way for the establishment of universal health coverage by 2030. In a message to participants marking World Health Day, in Rabat under the theme “Primary health care: a path towards universal health coverage”, the Moroccan Monarch deplored that more than half of the world’s population has no access to primary health care, saying that a universal health coverage does not hinge on funding only, nor should it depend on the sole efforts of the health sector. For this objective to be achieved, a number of basic conditions in the health system need to be met. Reforming the primary health care system should be one of the main pillars of this drive, together with Morocco’s commitment to press ahead with efforts to achieve universal health coverage by 2030, said King Mohammed VI. Morocco has made significant strides in this field, he affirmed, citing in this regard the measures made to expand health coverage to migrants, occupational groups, students enrolled in higher education institutions, the self-employed and non-earners.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 08, 2019 15:33 UTC