Paediatric Health Assistance in Morocco
Mohamed BAYARI, MD
Casablanca, Morocco
Morocco strongly challenged by social development issues
• Access to basic education & quality primary health care
• Fight against illetracy
• Reduction of poverty & social inequities
• Increase training & employment
National Program = ↓ Mortality
• Life Expectancy or Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE) at birth
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68/ 72 male/ female (2006)• Infantile Mortality
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under-5 mortality: 43/ 1000 live births (2004)• Maternal Mortality
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220/ 100000 live births (2000)<14 years: 9,2M (2005) ~31%
Pop. growth rate stable: 1,7% (1996) -1,4% (2006) Total fertility rate: 2,7 per woman (2004)
↑ urbanization rate
51,6 49,4
53,9 55,9
59,7 62,7 65,1 65,6
69,2
25,1 23,6 29,6 26,9
33,1 37
45,9 42,2 44,4
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
1960 1971 1982 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014 2019
15-59 years 60 years+
0-14 years
Poverty and health are intimately related.
Poverty is both a cause & consequence of ill health
.world bank, 2001
21
16,3
9 15,3 14,2
1985 1999 2001 2004 2007
Rate %
4,8 7
55,4
39,5
Morocco Tunisia Italy Belgium
Medical Density per 10000 habitants
359
228 220
170 180
150
Mor occo (
81) Moroc
co (95 ) Moroc
co (00 ) Tuni
sia/E gypt
Syria Jor dani
a Maternal Mortality per 100000 Live Births
-37%
- 4%
Antenatal Care 74,4
17,7
33,2
60,3
2,9 8 14,1
54,5
31 16,8
8,6
5,1 8,2
21,3 13,3
0 20 40 60 80
1 2 3 4 5
Quintiles Percent of women receinving care
care from a medically trained person care from a doctor care from a nurse or midwife
Maine Infantile's mortaliy causes, ECCD 1998 6%
37% 50%
1% 1%
3% 2%
Infectious Diseases Perinatal causes Congenital abnormalities Undernutrition
Other NTD Injuries
Unknown
203
168
74,9 118,2
108,4
59,2 51,5
33,8 27,4 41,7
45,8
33,8 29,1 39,4
58,1
47,6
33,6 27,5
22,1 19,8 24,6
1962-66 1972-76 1987-91 1997-2001 2001-06 2007-11 2012-16
Mortality per 1000 libve births
Neonatal Mortality Infantile Mortality Childhood Mortality
Source: DRPF, Health Ministry
Rapport Politique Santé Enfant 2005
Evolution of Paediatric Mortality
(1962-66 & 1997-2001)
-2,1
-3,2 -2,6
-9,8
Neonatal Post-neonatal Infantile Child
Morocco: Bad student
• Morocco (1997) 36,6
• Tunisia 26,2
• Jordania 31,3
• Egypt 29,1
• Syria 24
• Lebanon 25,4
Global morbidity rate
• Perinatal affections 15,64%
• Infectious diseases 14,57%
• Neuro-psy diseases 13,47%
• CV diseases 11,3%
55,9%
Moderate to severe stunting in children under 5 years (-2Z-score)
8,1 39,2
28,4
13,7 21,6
1 2 3 4 5
< 20% = Low degree of malnutrition;
20–29% = Medium degree of malnutrition;
30–39% = High degree of malnutrition;
40% = Very high degree of malnutrition.
What Are Government Clues Solving Problems?
• Population’s social coverage & protection
• Compulsory Medical Insurance AMO/ RAMED
• Decentralization & Regionalization
• National programs
• Maternal & Infantile Health Pogram (SMI)
• Integrated Managment of Childhood Illness (IMCI)
• National Immunization Program
• ARI National Program
• Anti-Diarrheal Program
90 87 90 91
91 90 93 92
87 88 80 81
82 79 82
73
0 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000
1987 1988
1989 1990
1991 1992
1993 1994
1995 1996
1997 1998
1999 2000
2001 2002
2003 Years
Measles cases % coverage
Source: National Immunisation Program, Health Ministry
Immunization Coverage in Children Aged 12-23 months
83
58
70 94
67
76 93
85 89
94
84 90
Urban Rural Total
ENPS 87 ENPS 92 PAPCHILD 97 EPSF 03-04
Fighting Against Diarrheal Diseases Program [PLMD]
• Ê use of oral rehydration solutions
• Promoting maternal breast-feeding
• Nutritional support
Ì post-neonatal (1-11mo) mortality: 47%
Ì infantile mortality (12-59mo): 69%
• Use of ATB remains high: 32,9% (urban, 1995)
• Vit A deficiency
• Impaired erythropoeisis+++
• Repletion Î redistribution of Fe from stores to BM
• Systematic supplementation (National Program)
• Riboflavin
• Cooper:
• Rare Î unlikely of public Health importance
• Zinc
• May impair iron efficacy