Brain Week in Oujda

The Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Oujda is hosting, from 9 to 14 February, the work of the first edition of "Brain Week", which is being held with the participation of a panel of national experts and specialised students. This scientific event, organised by the "Cognition for All Club", provides for a series of activities for the general public (workshops, entertainment, film screenings, conferences, round tables, and debates) and aims, according to its initiators, to raise public awareness of the discipline of neuroscience, to explore the mysteries of the brain, and to unlock the secrets of this key organ on which the whole body depends, through scientific popularisation and the simplification of neuroscience concepts. Mental illnesses, which constitute the leading cause of disability in Morocco and in the world, are experiencing remarkable growth due to the lack of information a…