Professor Abdellatif Maamri, is a specialist doctor in public health and health administration. He is the author of several published articles and works in the field of health sciences. He serves as a research professor at the Mohammed First University of Oujda (UMP) and as an associate professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of a university in Antwerp.
Author(s): Usman Sani Dankoly* , Dirk Vissers , Zainab El Farkouch, EstherKolasa, Abderrahim Ziyyat , Bart Van Rompaey , Abdellatif…
Unregulated supply of medicines compromises quality assurance and risks patient safety. The
emergence of illegal medicines trafficking in Morocco presents a major health threat, which highlights
the need for region-wide alignment in policies to drive stringent regulatory enforcement and robust
health systems that ensure population- wide access to safe medicines. Herein, we draw on insights
from a situational analysis in Morocco, as a lower- middle income setting, to present access to
medicines through regulated supply procedures as a vital prerequisite for quality assurance and
patient safety.