That comes as Morocco’s underfunded public health-care system languishes, with only five teaching hospitals and a chronic deficit of medical workers. The country has just one hospital bed per 1,000 people, according to World Bank data for 2017, the last year for which the lender cites figures. Nearby Mali, meanwhile, had the lowest proportion in the world at its last count.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 10, 2021 06:11 UTC