As students return to classrooms after the school break, the urgent need for collective immunization against the measles epidemic becomes even more pressing in Morocco. While the Ministry has extended the catch-up vaccination campaign, specialists emphasize the importance of vigilance in monitoring immunization against other deadly childhood diseases and advocate for making vaccination mandatory.
In recent weeks, measles has claimed lives in regions of Morocco, despite the country's well-known effectiveness in its vaccination strategies against childhood diseases. In the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, the epidemic has resulted in eight deaths. Dr. Tayeb Hamdi, a physician and researcher in health policies and systems, suggests that the situation reflects a laxity whose underlying causes need to be identified.
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