Rabat - Morocco's Ministry of Health and Social Protection on Wednesday launched an extensive national campaign to strengthen vaccination against measles, part of its proactive policy aimed at limiting the spread of epidemics and strengthening response. This initiative aims to restore child vaccination to levels observed before the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a drop in vaccination coverage rates in most regions and provinces of the Kingdom, the ministry pointed out in a press release. The ministry strongly encourages all families to promptly review their children's medical records in health centers and private practices to ensure the administration of the required doses for measles (at the ages of nine and eighteen months), the same source noted, stressing the need to administer two doses of vaccine to children not yet vaccinated while supplementing the doses for those who have received only one dose. As part of its communication strategy aimed at monitoring the epidemiological evolution of measles and its continued efforts to contain the spread of epidemiological diseases and protect public health, the ministry announces that it has monitored the emergence of new cases of measles in Morocco suggesting a more widespread expansion of the virus, the same source said. Emphasizing the importance of this campaign as a preventive measure aimed at protecting citizens and society from the risk of measles, the ministry encourages all parties concerned to actively participate in this operation and visit health centers to receive the vaccine free of charge, the same source noted. Source: Agence Marocaine De Presse Tunis: During a high-level ministerial meeting held, on Wednesday, in Brussels, Belgium, on the theme of "Towards African Health Sovereignty," Health Minister, Ali Mrabet, urged regional and international organizations to increase efforts so as to develop a joint strategy that would consolidate the «One Health» approach and promote sustainable development for all. The high-level ministerial meeting is organized by the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union in coordination with the European Commission, the African Union (AU) and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The event was also attended by health ministers from African and European countries as well as representatives of relevant world institutions and organizations. The meeting aims to keep health at the top of the European and African policy agenda in addition to strengthening cooperation between countries. During a round table on the theme "One Health - The triple planetary crisis and its impact on health and well -being: how to strengthen the links?", co-chaired by Ali Mrabet and Germany's Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Svenja Schulze, Mrabet underlined Tunisia's permanent involvement in projects and programmes linked to the "One Health" approach as well as all health programmes. «The goal of the One Health approach is to preserve the health of individuals and the well-being of societies,» Mrabet said. The meeting made it possible to exchange ideas on the One Health approach so as to meet challenges and strengthening the links between human health and animal and environmental health. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse