Reliable news and information on Morocco's health sector, from public health policy to practical medical guidance for Moroccan families.
A Moroccan study finds 40% of household paints exceed the international lead safety threshold, posing irreversible risks to children's neurological development.
WaFinkom • Monday, 26 October 2026
France announced its first human case of Shamonda virus, transmitted by biting midges, after a patient died in Lyon. A Moroccan doctor recommends preventive surveillance.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 25 October 2026
Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection has cut prices on hundreds of brand-name and generic medicines, including cancer and chronic disease drugs.
WaFinkom • Saturday, 24 October 2026
The Rahma association launched in Fez, with the Fes-Meknes Regional Health Group and the medical school, the 3rd edition of the 'I Am a Donor' campaign, running until November 17.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 18 October 2026
Morocco's DGM issued an orange alert for thunderstorms, hail and gusty winds from Sunday to Monday, covering 24 provinces with up to 50 mm of rain.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 18 October 2026
CESE president Abdelkader Amara warns that high out-of-pocket treatment costs are pushing low-income Moroccans to delay or abandon care, despite the expansion of health coverage in Morocco.
WaFinkom • Saturday, 17 October 2026
Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection has issued a 2.35-million-dirham tender for 240,000 doses of tuberculin, folic acid and an emergency contraceptive pill, with delivery due within two months.
WaFinkom • Friday, 16 October 2026
The Health Ministry has published the first batch of the price review for 151 drugs, with an average cut of 18.4% under the new drug pricing decree, and reductions of up to 58.7% on cancer and immunity treatments.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 13 October 2026
Sudden floods hit the Amzouda group in the province of Shishawa at dawn on Sunday, leaving 3 drowning deaths and a fourth missing, amid an orange air alert that includes other provinces in the Kingdom.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 11 October 2026
Sudden floods in Zagora province killed a miner in Ait Hamman roundabout and forced the authorities to rescue 4 foreign tourists near Akdaz, amid a new orange alert bulletin covering 26 provinces in Morocco.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 11 October 2026
A new orange warning bulletin warns of thunderstorms, hail and strong winds affecting 25 provinces and labor in Morocco on Friday, with rain forecasts of up to 30 mm in some areas.
WaFinkom • Friday, 9 October 2026
A study by researchers at the National Institute of Oncology in Rabat reveals that a genetic test to guide the treatment of ovarian cancer is available locally for the first time in the Moroccan public sector, at a cost not exceeding 300 dirhams per patient, after it was about 13 thousand dirhams.
WaFinkom • Friday, 9 October 2026
The Directorate General of Meteorology issued an orange alert bulletin with strong thunderstorms, hail, and violent winds from Tuesday to Wednesday, covering provinces from the southeast to the north and center.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 6 October 2026
Health experts warn that the increasing reluctance to vaccinate weakens collective immunity in Morocco, after six deaths from diphtheria were recorded in Souss-Massa and Youssoufia, and the measles epidemic has continued since 2023.
WaFinkom • Monday, 5 October 2026
Diphtheria has been transformed from a local focus in the province of Agadir-Edautnan into a national file, after the registration of suspected cases in Casablanca prompted parents of pupils and the Regional Directorate of Education to tighten health vigilance procedures in schools.
WaFinkom • Saturday, 3 October 2026
The Ministry of Health announced two family outbreaks of diphtheria in Souss-Massa that led to the death of two children who did not complete vaccination, while four other people are undergoing treatment at the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Agadir, amid calls to complete vaccination of children.
WaFinkom • Monday, 28 September 2026
A new decree reduces the prices of about 300 medicines in Morocco by up to 70%, as part of a reform of the drug pricing system dating back to 2013 and aimed at reducing the bill for treatment for patients and health insurance funds.
WaFinkom • Friday, 25 September 2026
A Moroccan study monitors 848 cases of methanol poisoning between 1981 and 2024, including 110 deaths, while adulterated liquor and industrial alcohol are the leading causes of infection by more than 87 percent.
WaFinkom • Monday, 21 September 2026
The National Agency for Medicines and Health Products withdraws two batches of cardioaspirin 100 mg for Bayer from pharmacies in Morocco as a precautionary measure after a malfunction in transport conditions.
WaFinkom • Friday, 18 September 2026
M6-ISRSS, a school affiliated with Mohammed VI University of Health Sciences, graduated its first class of 58 surgeons and 18 operating room nurses trained in robotic surgery in Casablanca.
WaFinkom • Monday, 14 September 2026
Morocco's pharmaceutical trade deficit reached 10.3 billion dirhams in 2025 and is projected to climb to 13.4 billion by 2030, amid new customs measures and a modernized pharmaceutical law.
WaFinkom • Friday, 11 September 2026
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced the entry into service of 15 primary health care institutions in 6 Moroccan entities, benefiting more than 375,000 people, as part of a national program to rehabilitate the health offer.
WaFinkom • Tuesday, 8 September 2026
Morocco's national weather service issues an orange alert for a heat wave reaching 46°C in several provinces from Saturday to Tuesday, along with thunderstorms and hail elsewhere in the kingdom.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 6 September 2026
Morocco's Health and Social Protection Ministry has launched the Mental Health Plan 2030, backed by a budget of nearly 4 billion dirhams, to address the needs of 6.5 million Moroccans living with mental health disorders.
WaFinkom • Thursday, 3 September 2026
Morocco's Blood Agency will resume labor talks with unions in September, amid structural challenges facing the blood transfusion sector.
WaFinkom • Wednesday, 12 August 2026
A new orange warning bulletin warns of thunderstorms, hail and strong winds affecting 25 provinces and labor in Morocco on Friday, with rain forecasts of up to 30 mm in some areas.
WaFinkom • Friday, 9 October 2026
The Ministry of Health announced two family outbreaks of diphtheria in Souss-Massa that led to the death of two children who did not complete vaccination, while four other people are undergoing treatment at the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Agadir, amid calls to complete vaccination of children.
WaFinkom • Monday, 28 September 2026
Morocco's Health and Social Protection Ministry has launched the Mental Health Plan 2030, backed by a budget of nearly 4 billion dirhams, to address the needs of 6.5 million Moroccans living with mental health disorders.
WaFinkom • Thursday, 3 September 2026
Sudden floods in Zagora province killed a miner in Ait Hamman roundabout and forced the authorities to rescue 4 foreign tourists near Akdaz, amid a new orange alert bulletin covering 26 provinces in Morocco.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 11 October 2026
Morocco's DGM issued an orange alert for thunderstorms, hail and gusty winds from Sunday to Monday, covering 24 provinces with up to 50 mm of rain.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 18 October 2026
The Rahma association launched in Fez, with the Fes-Meknes Regional Health Group and the medical school, the 3rd edition of the 'I Am a Donor' campaign, running until November 17.
WaFinkom • Sunday, 18 October 2026
