Faced with growing concerns in some countries, including Morocco, about the ability of the vaccination campaign to cope with the British and South African variants of the coronavirus, Moderna is reassuring. In a press release, the pharmaceutical company states that its vaccine retains its neutralizing capabilities against these two variants.
Salaries and working conditions in the public medical sector do not interest young Moroccan doctors. Several of them boycotted the recent recruitment competitions launched by the government in certain regions of the kingdom.
The CJF Sans Frontières has launched a fundraiser to help Moha, a Moroccan amputee of both legs. He needs two prostheses.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has just warned the international community of the danger of the new coronavirus detected in his country. He stated on Friday that the new coronavirus found in the United Kingdom and in many other countries, including Morocco, would be more deadly.
While she went to a hospital to be examined, a veiled woman undergoes humiliations. She testifies.
In the long term, the coronavirus could become as benign as a cold or flu. This is what researchers reveal, estimating that with repeated reinfections, the immune system adapts and causes less and less severe forms.
As the world’s leading producer of cannabis, will Morocco know how to take advantage of the colossal annual gain generated by this product? With the removal of this plant from the classification of risky drugs by the UN, the debate on the use of cannabis for medical and industrial purposes has been relaunched.
The results of a survey published by the High Commission for Planning (HCP) revealed that Moroccan households have changed their opinion on the quality of health services in 2020. They would have improved greatly during the year 2020 compared to 2019.
Despite Covid-19, investors still trust the technical potential of North Africa and the Middle East. Proof of this, in 2020, promoters increased venture capital investments in this sector.
Morocco has received a donation of medical equipment for the population of Talâat, a village located east of Agadir. It is the result of a solidarity partnership between associations based in Montpellier.
The screening operation carried out in high schools and middle schools in Morocco, following the appearance of the new strain of the coronavirus, revealed a positivity rate of 2% compared to a normal rate of 6.5%. A genomic analysis is underway to determine the strain of the virus.
Moroccan hospitals operate with a ratio of 7.1 doctors per 10,000 inhabitants, compared to about twenty doctors (per 10,000 inhabitants), as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). In total, the kingdom needs nearly 100,000 doctors and nurses to cover its medical staff needs.