Healthcare public spending in Morocco does not exceed 5.89% of the national budget, according to the Mediator Foundation for Democracy and Human Rights’ new report.
The publication has revealed that the share of the total expenditures of the Ministry of Health does not exceed 561 per capita.
The report stated that, although the health budget went from about MAD 14 billion to nearly MAD 19 billion between 2017 and 2021, health expenditures from the total state budget did not exceed 6.5%, while the minimum rate set by the World Health Organization is 10%.
The report pointed out that management expenses accounted for about 79% of the total budget expenditures of the Ministry of Health, and that an approximate 67% of the operating budget is related to expenses related to the wages of employees and staff.
This makes for a blatant paradox between the increase in human resources expenditures at the budgetary level and the accompanying lack of medical and paramedical personnel across public health facilities in the country.
The health sector in Morocco suffers from many problems that contribute to the poor performance and quality of health services, especially the aspect related to the lack of medical personnel.
In addition to the bismal budget allocation that is in contradiction with this expenditure finding, the report reveals that a third of doctors in Morocco are exclusively stationed between Casablanca and Rabat.
Various regions in Morocco suffer from a severe shortage of medical and nursing staff, especially in remote areas outside of the Casablanca-Rabat axis.
According to the mediator institution, the distribution of doctors between regions shows great spatial disparities, with regions four regions of the Kingdom registering 7,601 doctors, the vast majority of the total medical workers in our country.
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