Several Libyan medical executives taking part in the 1st Morocco-Libyan Medical Meetings, which ended Saturday in Casablanca, praised the great progress made by Morocco in the fight against COVID-19, under the enlightened leadership of King Mohammed VI.
On this occasion, Dr. Bahaeddine Benmahmoud, scientific attaché at the Libyan embassy in Morocco, expressed, at the end of these meetings organized in parallel with the 37th National Medical Hybrid Congress, held under the high patronage of HM King Mohammed VI, the willingness of his country to benefit from the Moroccan experience in the field of health in general.
He highlighted, in this regard, the Moroccan approach to curb spread of the coronavirus starting with the preventive measures taken proactively and then the intensification of efforts to generalize the COVID-19 vaccination campaign, in addition to the commitment to produce the vaccine locally in accordance with the High Instructions of HM the King.
The diplomat stressed that these meetings provide an ideal opportunity to deepen cooperation between the two brotherly countries, promote joint action, exchange experiences and research and organize training sessions especially in areas where Libya has great needs.
He noted on this occasion that Libyan medical executives seek to make field visits to benefit from the Moroccan experience in treatment and diagnosis, in addition to the pharmaceutical industry which has recorded a tangible development in the Kingdom.
The program of this scientific event was also marked by a round-table discussion on COVID-19 in relation to children in Morocco. During an intervention related to this topic, Professor Ahmed Abdelaziz Bousfiha, pediatrician, stressed that the vaccine is an urgent need for children insofar as they are a major factor in the spread of the virus and its variants.
He emphasized that the negative effects of COVID-19 remain less harmful on children who represent more than 50% of the world population, noting that the carriers of the virus are major factors in its widespread and its mutation, hence the importance of three injections for the most dynamic category, in this case that aged 17 years and under.
According to Professor Bousfiha, the practice and statistics reveal the importance of vaccination that is not limited to immunization against COVID-19 but exceeds it to include lung diseases, emphasizing the importance of psychological support to prevent depression in infected people.
On the Libyan experience, Professor Abdelerahman Furarah, from the Faculty of Medicine in Tripoli, focused on the measures taken by the National Center for Disease Control to address the spread of the novel coronavirus in Libya despite the constraints.
He stressed that many specialized committees have been established to monitor the spread of the virus both locally and internationally and raise awareness on the danger of this pandemic, as well as to ensure coordination to fight against its spread, given the lack of health infrastructure and the lack of coordination between the parties involved and a proactive strategy to deal with these emergency situations.
The main topics discussed at this two-day scientific meeting were social protection, primary health care and the health sector in the new development model.
This scientific event was also marked by the organization of workshops on the rules of prescribing a medical prescription, neonatology, viral hepatitis as well as an influenza symposium and an asthma symposium.
