Projects and references

Support to and promotion of the Moroccan Ministry of Health’s (MoH) institutional and hospital reform project; contribution to strengthening health monitoring and safety; establishment of a national accreditation programme for MoH public health laboratories within the framework of the quality assurance national plan; and promotion of the development project for technical and scientific research within the health system.

Assistance in the restoration and stimulation of the health sector and support to the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene (MHPH) in the formulation of policies and strategies (particularly sector reform), their implementation and their monitoring/evaluation. Implementation of the necessary tools for the planning, monitoring and evaluation activities of the MHPH to contribute to improving the performance and impact of the European Commission’s interventions.
Assignment of a doctor specialised in public health.

The general objectives of the present technical assistance were: (1) to provide the National Hygiene Institute (NHI) with modern statutes and missions that take into account its assets, the national policy and the context of biology in Moroccan public health, the European acquis and WHO recommendations; and (2) to strengthen, through reorganisation and restructuring, the NHI and the network of public health laboratories in order to create an efficient tool for the country’s public health, monitoring, epidemiological monitoring and health security, as a compliment to the existing clinical surveillance network, in conformity with the acquis communautaire and in the context of bringing the NHI closer to the international network of national laboratories currently being developed by the WHO for the country’s preparation and response to epidemics.