Morocco’s Minister of Health and Social Protection, Amine Tehraoui, held a series of bilateral meetings with several counterparts on the sidelines of the 78th World Health Assembly (WHA), which is taking place from May 19 to 27 at Geneva’s Palais des Nations.
The minister met with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Fahad bin Abdul-Rahman Al-Jalajel; Qatar, Mansoor bin Ebrahim bin Saad Al Mahmoud; Egypt, Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar; Mauritania, Abdallah Ould Sidi Mohamed Wadih; and Mali, Colonel Assa Badiallo Touré.
He also held talks with his counterparts from Niger, Garba Hakimi; Gabon, Adrien Mougougou; Kenya, Aden Duale; Tanzania, Jenista Mhagama; Seychelles, Peggy Vidot; Portugal, Ana Paula Martins; and China, Lei Haichao.
These bilateral meetings are part of Morocco’s drive to consolidate its position as a reliable and effective partner in promoting health security at the regional and international levels and reaffirm its commitment to strengthening multilateral cooperation in the health sector.
They provided an opportunity to strengthen bilateral relations between Morocco and sisterly and friendly countries, particularly in the health and social protection sectors, in a way that serves common interests and contributes to building more resilient and sustainable health systems.
The discussions also focused on priority areas for cooperation, such as preparedness and response to health emergencies, training and development of human resources in the health sector, expanding universal health coverage, and promoting local production of medicines and vaccines.
Morocco’s active participation in the World Health Assembly reflects its ongoing commitment to international efforts aimed at building more resilient, fair, and sustainable health systems, in accordance with the High Directives of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
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