On the occasion of International Midwives Day, maieutic professionals in Morocco have reaffirmed persistent claims, at the top of which the creation of a professional order guaranteeing effective regulation of the profession, as well as strengthening of the initial and continuous training in accordance with international standards.
Relegated to the background, the midwives are determined to make their voices breathed out of breath by the grievances. These claims are part of the current reform of the national health system, in particular through the establishment of territorial health groups (GST), a reform in which l‘National association of midwives dU Morocco considers the midwife as a key player, by its proximity to women and families, especially in rural areas.
The association recalls that ” The midwife is the gateway to the primary health care system. It plays a central role in the promotion of reproductive health, early detection of obstetric complications, prenatal monitoring, and emergency management when necessary ». She calls for the implementation of a National Order of Midwivesstressing that this request, however crucial to guarantee the self -regulation and professionalization of the profession, remains a dead letter for years. The absence of such an institutional framework, she warns, compromises the quality of maternal and neonatal care and slows down the development of the skills of maieutic professionals.
Rachida Fadil, president of the National Association of Midwives of Morocco, stresses that this category of health personnel “is present throughout the national territory and has never opposed refusal to the assignment in the most remote areas of the kingdom ».
-It thus calls for a legislative mobilization for the adoption of regulatory texts relating to law n ° 44.13 Supervising the exercise of the midwifery profession, a law adopted in 2016 but remained inapplicated for lack of implementing decrees.
On this occasion, Fadil also deplores inertia surrounding the creation of a dedicated ordinal organ, however essential to ensure professional governance and statutory recognition of midwives, which would also improve health benefits for the benefit of the population.
Finally, it insists on the urgency of revaluing the training of midwives, in particular through the integration of technological and scientific advances in reproductive health. “” The updating of curricula has become imperative to adapt the skills of future midwives to the requirements of modern practice on an international scalee, “she said.
For her, ” This World Day is an opportunity to put legitimate demands which, for years, have struggled to find an echo for public decision -makers ».
