The penitentiary delegate announces the creation of a university diploma in penitentiary medicine

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:

Heba Press

The General Commission for the Administration of Prisons and Reintegration has announced the creation of a university degree in penitentiary medicine in order to improve the capacities of doctors to respond effectively to the challenges of health care within penitentiary institutions.

A press release said that this university degree, which was created in partnership with Hassan II University and the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Casablanca, and with the support of the United Nations Population Fund, is an “Premier initiative Plan and unprecedented in world Africa and Arabia, embodying the importance of this unique medical specialization. “”

He explained that this diploma program was ready to be complete and multiple, which allows health executives to work in penitentiary institutions the possibility of acquiring the necessary skills that comply with the requirements of their professional environment, taking into account morality, organization and medical dimensions of this field.

In this context, adds communication, the first training unit for this diploma will be launched on February 21 and 22 at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Casablanca, for the benefit of 20 doctors of the General Delegate of the Prison Administration and reintegration, which were selected to form the first regiment of this program.

The delegate stressed that this university degree represents a qualitative step in the way to training health executives working in the field of prison in Morocco, and also opens up promising horizons for future cooperation, in particular in the context of strengthening Partnerships, in particular in the context of cooperation in South-South.