Rabat – The Association of Moroccan Nationals in Tunisia (ARMAT) held a medical campaign on March 26 for Moroccans residing in Tunisia to boost their access to healthcare.
ARMAT president Tozy Abdeljalil Ben Abdelkader said the campaign aims to strengthen access to healthcare for Moroccans in Tunisia, especially those in delicate situations.
Ben Abdelkader noted that the campaign targeted 120 Moroccans from Tunis, who also benefited from hygiene kits and baskets of special food items for Ramadan.
As part of ARMAT’s annual activities, the medical caravan was equipped with the required diagnostic equipment in several specialties, including gynecology, pediatrics, ophthalmology, psychology, and dentistry.
ARMAT’s campaign, which was initiated in collaboration with a Tunisian laboratory active in Morocco and the International Federation for Family Planning, was supervised by a Moroccan-Tunisian medical staff including two general practitioners, a geriatrician, two gynecologists, two psychologists and a dentist, as well as two midwives.
In 2021, ARMAT helped over 300 Moroccan families in Tunisia during Ramadan.
This year, several astronomers have forecasted the first day of the holy month of Ramadan to fall on Sunday, April 3 in Morocco.
Morocco and Tunisia enjoy a strong and evolving partnership in a wide range of fields, including the medical sector. In July 2021, a Moroccan field hospital was inaugurated in Manouba, northeastern Tunisia.
The hospital was part of Morocco’s emergency medical aid sent to Tunisia in response to an unprecedented surge in the country’s COVID-19 cases.
The aid package included two intensive care units (100 beds), 100 respirators, and two oxygen generators.
On the political front,, the two countries appear set to launch new initiatives to advance the Maghreb Union project.
In June 2014, King Mohammed VI visited Tunisia and set a new roadmap for the Arab Maghreb Union, a project launched by his late father, Hassan II.
In a recent meeting, Morocco’s Speaker of the House of Councilors Naama Mayara and the Tunisian Ambassador to Morocco Mohamed Ben Abbad spoke on ways to consolidate parliamentary partnership between the two countries.
The two officials pledged to further boost economic Moroccan-Tunisian ties to tackle security challenges in the Maghreb region.
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