RIGHT TO ACCESS TO TREATMENT AND HEALTH SERVICES IN EASTERN REGION - FULL DAY WORKSHOP

The Regional Human Rights Commission of Oujda-Figuig organizes a full day workshop on the right to access to treatment and health services in the Eastern Region of Morocco. This workshop will held in cooperation with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung on April 20, 2013, at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy in Oujda.

This gathering will be held in line with the Commission of Oujda-Figuig’s missions. Indeed, As one of the National Human Rights Council’s regional mechanisms, the Commission is mandated to implement the Council’s programs and projects at the local level. These programs and projects aim, in part, at protecting and promoting economic, social and cultural rights. Among these rights, of course, is the right to health and access to treatment and health services.

The workshop will bring together health institutional stakeholders at the local level, elected officials, civil society associations and unions concerned with the health sector.

The workshop will revolve around two main parts. The participants will first analyze the situation and the health services offered in the region: infrastructure and hospitals, available financial and human resources, the legal, organizational and administrative framework, the public and private offer, medical and health services, social protection and health coverage systems, etc. In the second part, the participants will discuss the conditions and requirements that would help improve the public and private offer in the region and strengthen the guarantees of the right to health and access to treatment and health services.

In partnership with the United Nations development Programme (UNDP), the National Human Rights Council conducted in 2010 a survey on the right to development in Morocco, in light of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the MDGs. The survey has two main objectives: promoting the integration of human right in the public decision making process and, accordingly, in the public policies and programs related to human development and initiating a national debate on the possibilities to develop methods and mechanisms to monitor the implementation of human rights progress. The aim is measuring the impact of public policies on social progress, not only through development indicators but also in view of the human rights set of reference.