Rabat — Morocco aims to raise the number of health professionals to 45 per 10,000 people by 2030 to meet World Health Organisation’s standards and address “worrying” healthcare problems, announced Amine Tahraoui, Minister of Health.
Speaking to the parliament, Tahraoui said that Morocco has just 18 health workers for every 10,000 citizens, well below the global average.
“This reality is a major obstacle for public health and meeting our citizens’ needs,” said Tahraoui. Regional disparities make the problem worse, as remote areas struggle the most.
The government is spending heavily to bridge the gap. By 2025, Morocco will raise available health positions to 6,500, up from 4,000 in 2019. Training programs are expanding too, with medical school places set to hit 11,900 by 2027.
“The training of our professionals is the cornerstone of this reform,” Tahraoui said during the session. Foreign doctors are being welcomed under new laws to fill shortages in the short-staffed specialities.
Regional inequalities are a major focus. The government will manage recruitment locally and will offer incentives to those working in remote areas, in ean ffort to ensure a fair distribution of medical staff.
The government will also increase training positions for nurses and health technicians. Training programs for these professions have been tripled since 2020, and nearly 12,000 are planned to open up by 2029.
Expressing Morocco’s priorities for the sector in the future, Tahraoui reaffirmed the government’s commitment to “making health a central pillar of the social state.”
