Date: Tuesday 4 Nov. 2025

Title: Rehabilitation Pathways in Morocco: Challenges, Perspectives, and Strategic Directions
Duration: 60 minutes
Language: French

Background
This session aims to highlight the current challenges of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Morocco and open a debate between institutional, hospital, social, and financial stakeholders to establish a shared roadmap for the future.

Description
Medical Introduction and Framework : Samia Karkouri
– Overview of PRM in Morocco: access, tariffs, nomenclature, investment barriers.
– Experience of professionals and insights from scientific societies.

Institutional and Hospital Perspectives:
– Representative, Ministry of Health: National vision for rehabilitation pathways, ongoing and upcoming projects, and the role of practitioners in co-constructing these care models.
– Prof. Raouf Mohcine, Director of CHU Rabat: Role of the university hospital as a center of excellence in PRM, with focus on research, innovation, and hospital reform.
– Representative, UM6SS Foundation: Perspective of a private academic model in PRM, highlighting innovations and pilot experiences.
– Prof. Brahim Lakhal, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat: Importance of initial and continuing education in PRM, strengthening competencies, improving care quality, and addressing population needs.

Social Inclusion and Social Protection
– Representative, Ministry of Inclusion and Social Solidarity: Vision of a closed health–social loop, with projects for comprehensive support, accurate disability assessment, and sustainable social inclusion.

CNSS (National Social Security Fund)
– Representative, CNSS: Digitalization of medical files and its impact. Planned reforms on tariffs, nomenclatures, and out-of-nomenclature acts. Vision of a functional specialty based on measurable individual indicators.

International Experience
– Dr. André Thévenon, Fondation Hopale (France): Presentation of international models and best practices in rehabilitation, drawing lessons to strengthen the Moroccan model.

Synthesis and Recommendations