Editing Morocco (section)

=== Health ===
{{main|Health in Morocco}}
[[File:University Hospital Center in Tangier (general view).jpg|thumb|294x294px|The [[Mohammed VI University Hospital Centre]] in [[Tangier]]]]
Many efforts are made by countries around the world to address health issues and eradicate disease, Morocco included. Morocco is a developing country that has made many strides to improve these categories. According to research published, in 2005, only 16% of citizens in Morocco had health insurance or coverage.<ref name="Ruger_2007">{{cite journal | vauthors = Ruger JP, Kress D | title = Health financing and insurance reform in Morocco | journal = Health Affairs | volume = 26 | issue = 4 | pages = 1009–16 | date = July 2007 | pmid = 17630444 | pmc = 2898512 | doi = 10.1377/hlthaff.26.4.1009}}</ref> In data from the World Bank, Morocco experiences high infant mortality rates at 20 deaths per 1,000 births (2017)<ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN?locations=MA|title=Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217111004/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.IMRT.IN?locations=MA|url-status=live}}</ref> and high maternal mortality rates at 121 deaths per 100,000 births (2015).<ref name=":6m">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=MA|title=Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=10 December 2018|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217112527/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT?locations=MA|url-status=live}}</ref>

The government of Morocco sets up surveillance systems within the already existing healthcare system to monitor and collect data. Mass education in hygiene is implemented in primary education schools which are free for residents of Morocco. In 2005, the government of Morocco approved two reforms to expand health insurance coverage.<ref name="Ruger_2007" /> The first reform was a mandatory health insurance plan for public and private sector employees to expand coverage from 16 percent of the population to 30 percent. The second reform created a fund to cover services for the poor. Both reforms improved access to high-quality care. Infant mortality has improved significantly since 1960 when there were 144 deaths per 1,000 live births, in 2000, 42 per 1,000 live births, and it is 15 per 1,000 live births in 2022.<ref name=":5" /> The country's under-five mortality rate dropped by 60% between 1990 and 2011.

According to data from the World Bank,<ref name=":5" /> the present mortality rate is still very high, over seven times higher than in neighbouring country Spain. In 2014, Morocco adopted a national plan to increase progress on maternal and child health.<ref name=":7">{{cite web|url=https://www.who.int/features/2014/morocco-maternal-health/en/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302060442/http://www.who.int/features/2014/morocco-maternal-health/en/|archive-date=2 March 2014|title=WHO {{!}} Morocco takes a stride forward for mothers and children|website=WHO|access-date=17 December 2018}}</ref> The Moroccan Plan was started by the Moroccan Minister of Health, El Houssaine Louardi and Ala Alwan, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, on 13 November 2013 in Rabat.<ref name=":7" /> Morocco has made significant progress in reducing deaths among both children and mothers. Based on World Bank data, the nation's maternal mortality ratio fell by 67% between 1990 and 2010.<ref name=":6m" />

In 2014, spending on healthcare accounted for 5.9% of the country's GDP.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?locations=MA|title=Current health expenditure (% of GDP) {{!}} Data|website=data.worldbank.org|language=en-us|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-date=1 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201044658/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS?locations=MA|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2014, spending on healthcare as part of the GDP has decreased. However, health expenditure per capita (PPP) has steadily increased since 2000. In 2015, the Moroccan health expenditure was $435.29 per capita.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PP.CD?locations=MA|title=Current health expenditure per capita, PPP (current international $) {{!}} Data|website=data.worldbank.org|language=en-us|access-date=2 October 2018|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612115113/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.XPD.CHEX.PP.CD?locations=MA|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the life expectancy at birth was 74.3, or 73.3 for men and 75.4 for women, and there were 6.3 physicians and 8.9 nurses and midwives per 10,000 inhabitants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emro.who.int/entity/statistics/statistics.html|title=World Health Organization|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205075620/http://www.emro.who.int/entity/statistics/statistics.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2024, according to the [[The World Factbook|World Factbook]], life expectancy for Morocco is 74.2 years.<ref>{{Citation |title=Morocco |date=2025-01-16 |work=The World Factbook |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/morocco/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |language=en}}</ref>