The year 2014 closed under the sign of solidarity in the Hay Hassani prefecture. White coats invested the district during several medical actions.

Indeed, in the Nassim district, the Human Development Centre and the Urban Health Centre hosted, on 28 December 2014, multidisciplinary medical caravans. These benefited the inhabitants from needy families in the region who have health concerns.

In total, the two operations benefited 460 adults and 120 children, through medical check-ups, various examinations, and prescriptions for treatments. A large number of professionals from the health sector joined these operations on a voluntary basis.

These included 35 specialist doctors, 15 nurses, in addition to 2 nursing assistants.

The examinations and care provided concerned pathologies related to ophthalmology, high blood pressure, diabetes, kidney failure, cardiology, as well as everything related to general medicine. They benefited vulnerable and needy social strata. The caravan also benefited 41 children who underwent circumcision operations. The people examined who required medical treatment were given, free of charge, the medicines necessary for their recovery.

Organised at the initiative of the Moroccan Association for Health and the Environment, in partnership with the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity, and in coordination with the Hay Hassani district prefecture, the Ministry of Health Delegation, and Lydec, this caravan is part of the local actions launched at the level of the Hay Hassani prefecture territory.

"This caravan is part of a set of actions programmed by the Moroccan Association for Health and the Environment. Our ambition is to contribute to breaking the isolation of populations in poor and remote regions, by making available to them, in the areas where they live, general and specialised medical services," the organisers indicate. And they add: "It is also a question of raising awareness among these populations of the importance of early diagnosis and the role it can play in reducing the risks of any disease. These actions are also of a nature to develop a spirit of solidarity and mutual aid, as well as education for citizenship through the service offered voluntarily to the citizen and the assistance of vulnerable and resource-less populations."