Morocco’s Anti-Corruption Chief Targets Health Sector: Mapping Systemic Risks to Ensure Universal Coverage

In Morocco, the fight against corruption is taking on a new dimension. During a training workshop on "Corruption Risks in the Health Sector" that he organized on June 16 and 18, Mohamed Benalilou, president of the National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and Fight against Corruption (INPPLC), unveiled his intentions, as reported by Al Ahdath Al Maghribia. This initiative is not limited to a simple "educational" or "diagnostic" approach, but rather aims to establish a "comprehensive mapping of the corrosive dangers weighing on the Moroccan health system," he specified in his speech.

According to Benalilou, it is necessary to "transcend the sectoral analysis" to adopt a "structural response" to the scourge of corruption. This does not stem solely from individual shortcomings, but also from "systemic dysfunctions," what the World Health Organization (WHO) calls the "fragility of systems," he recalled. The dysfunctions are of various kinds: poor governance, opacity in the management of public procurement, insufficient control mechanisms, and persistent conflicts of interest. "We cannot envisage universal and effective medical coverage in an environment undermined by corruption," he warned.

For Benalilou, corruption is a "direct threat to the health security of citizens" whose eradication must go through a rigorous diagnosis followed by concerted action to establish a "lasting immunity" against this endemic evil. He is counting above all on a "participatory and resolutely committed approach."