Liberation daily: one nurse for every 1426 Moroccans, survey

Morocco has a nurse for every 1426 persons, according to a study by the National Union of Public Health on Paramedical Personnel, published Monday.

The number of sages-femmes and obstetricians is 1132 for some 8 million women in procreation age. The average is of one sage-femme for every 6880 women in age of procreation.

"This situation results in a high mortality rate at delivery," the study says, deploring that the paramedical sector also lacks motivation, equipment and training.

The paramedical staff, all specialties included, constitutes usually 60 to 65% of the personnel working in the health sector, Liberation daily, which published the findings, said, describing the situation as a real crisis, bound to worsen because of massive retirements.

The Union of Public Health outlined several measures to solve the problems, mainly elaborating scientific norms, improving training and creating more jobs in the sector annually.