The health situation in El Jadida, from the Portuguese period to the aftermath of Independence

Moroccan essayist Mustapha Jmahri has just published his 16th work in the "Les cahiers d'El Jadida" series, titled "Medicines and Doctors in El Jadida, from the Portuguese period to the aftermath of Independence". This 126-page study, which reveals the health situation in this city for at least five centuries, first looks back at the health status of the city during the Portuguese period before addressing the medical intervention of Europeans from the 19th century onwards, then the French Protectorate from 1912 to 1956, and finally the first years of Independence, reports the MAP. In the book's preface, Dr Mustapha Akhmisse, president of the Moroccan Association for the History of Medicine and former secretary-general of the Ministry of Health, believes that this chronological progression has made it possible to highlight some essential aspects of public health in the city of El Jadida…