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• Measles Outbreak Prompts Flanders to Warn Against Travel to Morocco
  10 April, by Prince

  Flanders (Belgium) has seen a worrying increase in measles cases among children in recent months. A health specialist urges vaccination before any travel to Morocco where the disease is rampant.
  Professor Daan Van Brusselen, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Antwerp hospital group ZAS, recommends vaccination before any travel to Morocco during the Easter holidays. "Anyone traveling during the Easter holidays should check which countries have epidemic outbreaks. This is (…)

• Schools Urged to Provide Liquid Soap in Restrooms Amid Coronavirus Concerns
  5 March 2020, by Ginette

  Since the first case of contamination was detected, the instructions have multiplied and all have the mission of preventing the spread of the virus. In a letter addressed to educational establishments, the prefectural and provincial directors of National Education call for ensuring that liquid soap is available in school toilets.
  Hygiene measures, such as handwashing with soap, remain the first barrier against the epidemic. School principals are thus invited to make the necessary effort (…)

• Toxic Cigarettes Flood Moroccan Market, Investigation Reveals
  21 October 2020, by Jérôme

  The toxicity of cigarettes sold in Morocco is unsuspected. An analysis conducted by Public Watch has proven that tobacco companies sell more toxic cigarettes in some emerging countries, including the Kingdom.
  More than 7 million people die each year worldwide due to smoking. An investigation initiated in 2019 by Marie Maurisse, an independent investigative journalist for Public Eye, an association "for a more just world by improving political and economic relations between Switzerland and (…)

• Morocco Tops Cancer Mortality Rates in Middle East and Africa, Study Finds
  28 January 2022, by Sylvanus

  Morocco has the highest cancer mortality rate among 9 countries in the MEA region. This is revealed by the latest report from the Swedish Institute of Health Economics (IHE), published on January 26 in the run-up to World Cancer Day, celebrated on February 4.
  In a press release, the IHE states that it has conducted, in partnership with Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), a "comparative analysis of the cancer care landscape in the MEA countries: Algeria, Egypt, (…)

• Moroccan Surgeon Denies Knowledge of Patient Exploitation in Cosmetic Surgery Scandal
  25 April 2022, by Sylvanus

  Dr. Hassan Tazi, who still claims his innocence, is trying to get out of trouble. In a statement to the investigators, he assured that he did not know that needy patients were photographed, and that their images were used for financial purposes, because his work was only carried out in the diagnostic room and in the operating room of the cosmetic surgery, reports the Arabic-language newspaper Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. He explained that it was his brother, Abderreazak Tazi, who was in charge of (…)

• Undefeated Kickboxer Nabil Haryouli Invests in Dental Clinic, Eyes Post-MMA Career
  24 March 2023, by Said

  The Dutch-Moroccan kickboxer, Nabil Haryouli, one of the best fighters of his generation with no lost fight, is already thinking about his career change after his MMA career.
  Nabil Haryouli sometimes manages to break an opponent’s teeth, but he can now treat them. With a friend, Yousif Azzawi, also a former kickboxing fighter, he has just invested in a dental clinic in Voorburg (South Holland - Netherlands). Don’t expect the champion to be the caregiver, the Moroccan should only take care (…)

• Moroccan Striker Tarik Tissoudali Cleared for Return After 8-Month Injury Layoff
  31 March 2023, by Ginette

  After several months of absence due to injury, Moroccan international Tarik Tissoudali has received medical clearance to resume competition.
  This is good news for the player, but also for Morocco and Gent. While he was looking forward to participating with Morocco in the World Cup in Qatar, the player was forced to give it up following a serious injury that required surgery.
  He will spend the last eight months recovering. According to the Dutch-speaking Belgian media Het Laatste Nieuws, (…)

• Morocco Probes Swiss Tobacco Firms Over Alleged Toxic Cigarette Sales
  26 February 2019, by Said

  Accused of marketing more toxic cigarettes in certain countries outside Europe, including Morocco, Swiss tobacco manufacturers are in the sights of the Moroccan authorities, who have just opened an investigation.
  Thus, there is talk of investigations that would have been recently launched by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Industry to determine the exact components of the cigarettes marketed in Morocco, reports the newspaper Assabah. Nothing official for the moment, but (…)

• Orange Morocco Provides Free Hotel Stays for Casablanca Hospital Staff During COVID-19 Crisis
  28 March 2020, by Bladi.net

  Orange Morocco is taking care of the accommodation of the medical staff of the Ibn Rochd University Hospital as well as the Moulay Youssef Hospital in hotels in Casablanca.
  According to the telecom operator, this coverage will last throughout the confinement period, to avoid any possible contamination of the families and relatives of the medical staff.
  Orange Morocco will also provide them with masks and all the necessary means to stay in touch with their families. This system will be (…)

• Morocco Launches WHO-Compliant National Death Registry System
  3 July 2019, by Bladi.net

  A joint circular was signed on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 by the Ministries of Health and the Interior. It deals with the establishment of a national system for registering causes of death, in line with international standards.
  To comply with the standards recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) for the registration of causes of death. This is the objective of this established national system, which is part of the national priorities and international commitments of the Kingdom. (…)