The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khalid Ait Taleb had, Saturday in Geneva, talks with the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the World Health Assembly.
According to a statement from the Ministry, Ait Taleb welcomed, during this interview, the efforts made by the WHO to improve global health, stressing the need to federate efforts for the implementation of public health policies to ensure better preparedness, prevention and risk reduction.
The Minister also shed light on the main projects underway in the Kingdom, in accordance with the High Directions of King Mohammed VI, and which mainly concern the project of generalization of social protection and the reform of the national health system.
For his part, Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Morocco for the efforts made for the generalization of universal health coverage, expressing his support for the various reforms conducted by the Kingdom in the health sector.
The WHO Director General also emphasized the importance of strengthening the preparation and response to health emergencies and this, drawing lessons from the pandemic of Covid-19 which was an opportunity for social and economic change.
He also stressed the need to strengthen primary health care so that no one is left behind and to give great interest to the production of vaccines and medicines, given their importance in African health sovereignty.
The talks also focused on the need to rethink human resources to ensure the sustainability of the health system on a global scale and the importance of the production of vaccines and medicines to ensure national health sovereignty.
They also discussed the upcoming events to be held in 2023, in particular the African Conference on Health Risk Reduction, scheduled for September 27-29 under the theme “Health in Africa: Water, Environment and Security”, as well as the Global Consultation on Refugee and Migrant Health, which will take place from June 13-15.
At the end of the talks, both parties expressed their commitment to continue the fruitful bilateral cooperation, the statement concluded.
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