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Today Sunday, the National Initiative for Human Development of the Tangier-Assilah prefecture organized a multidisciplinary medical convoy for the benefit of the inhabitants of the rural community of Awaama, south of the city of Tangier.
This social and humanitarian initiative, organized in cooperation with the Regional Delegation of Health and Social Protection and the Association of Public Health Physicians of Tangier, aims to bring specialized medical services closer to the inhabitants of this territorial community, and to improve maternal and child health. in rural areas.
The interim head of the social action department of the Tangier-Asilah prefecture, Ismaïl Al-Moutawakel, confirmed in a statement to the Arab Maghreb Press that the organization of this medical convoy, which landed today, Sunday, in the territorial community of Awaama, falls within the framework of the activation of the maternal and child health axis, within the framework of the fourth program of the third phase of the National Initiative for Human Development, emphasizing that this is being done through the organization of 8 awareness campaigns and two medical convoys in rural areas.
He stressed that the organization of this multidisciplinary medical convoy coincides with the International Day of Rural Women, commemorated on October 15 each year, adding in this context that the convoy will focus specifically on the provision of services compatible with maternal health and childhood in the rural world.
Ismail Al-Mutawakel highlighted that this multidisciplinary social and medical initiative aims to provide comprehensive services to around 1,000 beneficiaries, since examinations in scheduled specialties will be provided and medicines will be distributed free of charge to patients.
For his part, the acting regional delegate of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection in the prefecture of Tangier-Asilah, Said Boudha, spoke of the program established between the partners with a view to improving maternal and child health during of the year 2024, emphasizing that the caravan includes several specialties, including gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics, endocrinology, general medicine, ear, nose and throat medicine, dentistry, cardiology and arterial medicine, in addition to early detection of breast cancer and cervical cancer.
The regional manager stressed, in a similar statement, that the convoy aims to provide its services to around 1,000 people, explaining that a team of 120 executives, including general practitioners, specialists, pharmacists, nurses, technicians and administrators, supervise with all the dedication the success of this initiative which was highly appreciated by the inhabitants of the Awamah group.
In the same context, the president of the Association of Public Health Doctors of Tangier, Kholoud Al-Ahrach, indicated that the coincidence of the organization of this medical convoy with the International Day of Rural Women and the month of Pink October required special attention from him. services for carrying out examinations to detect breast and cervical cancer, emphasizing that a room dedicated to ultrasound and another room for monitoring pregnant women have been set up.
She emphasized that the convoy, in which 6 pharmacists and more than 70 doctors of all specialties participate, will distribute a group of medicines free of charge to those who benefit from its services, and will also carry out examinations for a number of specialized diseases. , emphasizing that at the same time, recreational, educational and sporting sessions are organized for the benefit of the children of the beneficiary women, under the supervision of one of the partner associations, in addition to the holding of numerous workshops to raise awareness of the importance. of maternal and child health and the importance of early childhood in the development of a child’s health and personality.
Kholoud Al-Ahrach indicated that the Association of Public Health Doctors Tangier-Assilah, which brings together specialist and general doctors, dentists and pharmacists, actively contributes to the implementation of the program planned for the improvement of health mother and child in the prefecture of Tangier-Assilah, explaining that the program provides for the organization of 8 awareness campaigns and two medical convoys in rural areas, the second of which will take place next December.
It should be noted that within the fourth program of the National Initiative for Human Development, relating to the promotion of human capital for emerging generations, 161 projects were carried out between 2019 and May 2024, with a contribution from the initiative amounting to 73.13 million dirhams, i.e. This included equipping the maternity ward of the Uhud al-Gharbiya community and supporting its management, acquiring medical and paramedical equipment and supplies for the benefit of health centers, to carry out more than 24 communication campaigns. for the benefit of more than 1,680 women, and the organization of a multi-specialty medical convoy which benefited 700 people.
