فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
The Minister of Health and Social Protection, Khaled Ait Taleb, has emphasised the pivotal role of digital transformation in improving health systems and achieving equity and sustainability in the delivery of health services, considering it the key to achieving health sovereignty on the African continent.
Artificial Intelligence: A tool to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment
In a speech delivered on his behalf by Abdelwahab Belmadani, Director of the Directorate of Planning and Financial Resources at the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, during a seminar on ‘Future Global Health’ as part of the GITEX Africa Summit organised under the Royal Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, Ait Taleb stressed that artificial intelligence has become an essential tool for data analysis, which contributes to improving prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of health services.
AI ‘today provides important analytical tools to improve the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of health services, and contributes to improving the efficiency of health resources and reducing waiting times for patients,’ the minister explained.
However, Ait Taleb was keen to point out that AI should be seen as a supportive tool for health professionals and not as a substitute for them, as final decisions remain the responsibility of doctors to ensure that the human and personalised nature of medicine is maintained.
Morocco: A pioneering model in health digitisation
The minister noted Morocco’s commitment to the directives of His Majesty King Mohammed VI to rehabilitate the health system through an ambitious royal project that includes the development of an integrated health information system based on the electronic medical file of the patient.
This project ‘will contribute to improving the management of health resources and decision-making processes,’ he said.
Ait Taleb also noted the dynamism of public-private partnerships in Morocco, noting that these partnerships ‘are able to pool resources and expertise to finance and promote the use of new medical technology, with the aim of achieving equitable access to quality health services.’
Call for strengthening African partnerships
The Minister of Health and Social Protection called on the African continent to fully engage in the dynamics of technological transformation and digital progress, stressing the need to create innovative partnerships to achieve global leadership in innovation.
He emphasised that the Future Global Health Symposium is a vital platform to exchange ideas and discuss ways to strengthen these partnerships and ensure the continent’s progress towards a prosperous digital future.
Conclusion:
The Kingdom of Morocco’s focus on digitalisation in health reflects its commitment to achieving excellence in the delivery of health services to all citizens. Mr Aït Taleb’s call for Africa to collaborate in this area is an important step towards achieving health sovereignty on the continent and ensuring a healthier future for its people.
From the website: Fez News
