The program for rehabilitating municipal health offices aims for comprehensive coverage by 2026
The Minister of Interior, Abdellatif Loudiyi, confirmed during a Q&A session at the House of Councillors on Tuesday that the program for rehabilitating municipal health offices is making significant progress, benefiting more than 1,240 local communities distributed across 53 provinces and regions throughout the Kingdom.
The minister indicated that the number of these offices did not exceed 271 in 2018, with a coverage rate of only 18 percent. This prompted the launch of an ambitious national program in 2019 to establish 130 shared offices between municipalities, which is expected to raise the coverage rate to 71 percent by the end of 2025, aiming for nearly 100 percent coverage by the end of 2026.
Loudiyi pointed out that the first three phases of the program enabled the establishment of 76 municipal health offices, while the fourth phase, which began in 2025, aims to create an additional 54 offices. The total cost of the program is approximately 1.04 billion dirhams, with the Ministry of Interior contributing 738 million dirhams along with the necessary logistical and technical support to rehabilitate these facilities.
Regarding human resources, the ministry launched a program to employ around 260 doctors, 130 veterinarians, 260 nurses, and 260 health technicians. So far, 96 new professionals have joined, including 27 doctors, 41 veterinarians, 24 nurses, and 6 technicians, after passing the recruitment exams organized at the level of provincial councils.
Loudiyi confirmed that a new round of recruitment will open in the coming months to fill the gaps in these positions, emphasizing the importance of human resources in this system. Municipal health offices rely on qualified teams comprising doctors, veterinarians, nurses, health technicians, and auxiliary staff, under the direct supervision of municipal doctors, as per the joint decision between the Ministries of Interior and Health.
The minister also stressed the pivotal role of these offices, especially in managing deaths and funerals, transporting patients, the injured, and pregnant women, along with sanitation operations, fighting disease vectors, epidemics, rabies, food poisoning, and managing stray animals.
This program represents a crucial step towards improving public health and enhancing the quality of local health services in the Kingdom, reflecting the state’s commitment to establishing effective and comprehensive health governance.
