Medical aid system and access to health care for the poor and vulnerable categories in Morocco (Case Study: Province of BERRECHID)

Abstract

Parity and societal solidarity principal are the main purposes of many sustainable social development policies nowadays, where the public health sector is considered as a major axis in any strategy that aims to achieve a fair access to medical services and treatments for all population segments, regardless their socioeconomic status or spatial disparity. Taking into account the Human wellbeing as an unavoidable factor to achieve progress and prosperity. This Study tries to underline the Moroccan medical aid system experience by focusing on the province of Berrechid as an example in order to measure its effectiveness to facilitate the medical accessibility for the poor and vulnerable. Due to the holistic nature of health geography as it combines between medical, environmental, and social sciences, several approaches were adopted through this study for precise and clear outcomes. As a conclusion, the said system has a relative positive effect on the accessibility to health care for our target population despite the many constraints in his implementation, or even the various problems on the regulation and functional side of the public medical care institution