<div dir="auto"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3800000000000001;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Moroccan Association of Nursing and Health Techniques presents: </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(0,176,80);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A new report entitled monitoring of human resources for health policy in Morocco.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(23,54,93);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10 alternatives are proposed to unlock the crisis situation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Today,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the Moroccan Association of Nursing and Health Techniques</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"times new roman";color:rgb(255,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">publishes its report entitled</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">« P</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">olicies for Human Resources for Health HRH: Contexts, References and Results</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">»</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This fruit of a project that lasted four years, involved all health workers from different regions. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We want</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> to help clarify decision-making processes, describe the gap between HRH planning and </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">realization</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, and propose creative recommendations to enrich our national HRH policy.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The report confirmed the diagnosis</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> of the low production of health care staff (less than 1,000 doctors and 3,000 nurses and health technicians annually). It also highlighted the imbalance in the distribution, which indicates inequity between regions (40% of public professionals and 60% of professionals in both sectors are concentrated in two Casablanca-Settat and Rabat-Salé-kénitra regions where live 34% of the population).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The report challenges the different actors to overcome the challenges for the retention and loyalty of staff in the civil service and in remote areas. The same is true for matching training to the real needs of the health-care population, thereby correcting the gap that has been widening over the years.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In this report, </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">we noted several findings, including:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">First,</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> the fulfillment of the government's obligations is partial; the government still hesitates to carry out HRH measures, especially those related to the care professions, all profiles combined (referential of Employment and Skills, Scholarships abroad, Professional Orders, Generalization of the performance bonus...).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Secondly</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, the measures taken, in particular the revision of the status of the nursing, midwifery, health care and re-education professions, have created more protests and dissatisfaction. This situation has disrupted the social peace within the sector, instead of responding to relevant and real needs, a necessary factor to achieve results and the reconciliation of citizens with the public health service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"> </p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thirdly, </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the report raised some discrepancies between the proposals for measures that are not included in the government program or the ministerial strategy such as the National Health Service.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our Association, concerned with the situation prevailing in the health sector, and in accordance with its mission and its objectives, submits to the appreciation of the various actors, in particular, those involved in decision-making, </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">ten recommendations considered more relevant for contribute to improving the quality and performance of human resources:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">  </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">1.  Development of a multisectoral and concerted national HRH plan;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">2.  Organization of a national HRH conference;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">3.  Establishment of a National HHR Day;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">4.  Creation of a National Observatory of HRH by the government;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5. Increase in the number of HRH staff and equitable distribution throughout the country, especially health care workers (doctors and nurses). Creative measures to tackle the shortage and loyalty measures such as a premium for remote areas and housing insurance will be desirable;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6. With regard to HRH training, we recall the content of our position statement regarding investing more in basic nursing education, we encourage a learning approach throughout the career of our professional life and a generalization and democratization of continuing education, especially through modern technological means;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">7.  The motivation of health personnel by salary revision, risk premium equity and equalization of opportunities between the categories in the Examination of Professional Skills, the exemption of user fees, the promotion of social services alternation and democratization of positions of responsibility ...</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">8. Ensure the listening of all HRH channels by revitalizing the sectoral social dialogue at the national, regional and provincial levels, and by creating the other professional orders of nurses, midwives, and other specialties;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:14pt;margin-bottom:14pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">9.  Establishment of a coalition of civil society organizations to support HRH;</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">10. Encouragement of exchange programs and international cooperation of health professionals, especially South-South cooperation with African countries, and support to African coalitions of health professionals of which Morocco is a member.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Association is always willing and continues its work to develop its expertise in the monitoring/evaluation of public policies in the field of health. Any partnership is welcome.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">------------------------------------------------------------END---------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(23,54,93);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About AMSITS</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3199999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Moroccan Association of Nursing and Health Techniques (AMSITS), founded in 1978, is a member of the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">International Council of Nurses and the</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">People's</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Health</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Movement</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">It works for a strong, resilient, equitable and sustainable health system, and to ensure the availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality of nursing care through training, communication and advocacy actions.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3199999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Among these latest achievements, the association presented a memorandum for the reform of the health system, a monitoring report of the human resources for health policies, and a memorandum with amendments concerning the draft law on the practice of nurses and the bill of the university hospitals.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.3199999999999998;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(23,54,93);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">For more information or to reserve your copy of the report, please contact:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;background-color:#ffffff"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Mr. ZOHEIR MAAZI</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:amiri;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Vice President - Head of the Advocacy and Communication Unit</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Such</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"times new roman";font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> 00 212 6 64 38 36 13</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">E-mail:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(152,72,6);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-size:11pt;font-family:calibri;color:rgb(0,112,192);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:zohair.maazi@gmail.com" style="text-decoration-line:none">zohair.maazi@gmail.com</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:9pt"><br></p></div>