[The value of occupational health in the national campaign against tuberculosis in Morocco].
Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in Marocco, with an incidence of 100 cases per 100,000 people. Occupational health could make a substantial contribution to the national anti-tuberculosis campaign, as the principal aims of occupational health are to protect and to improve the physical, mental and social well-being of the workforce. Occupational health thus devotes considerable attention to the promotion of health in general, and the fight against tuberculosis in particular. Occupational health physicians can play a major in several areas: prevention, screening, management of patients, compensation and epidemiology. The generalization of medical cover in the work environment in Morocco requires the application of laws already in place, the creation of occupational health departments, the training of occupational health physicians and the raising of their awareness concerning the anti-tuberculosis, and the involvement of doctors in municipal hygiene offices in the framework of a national health program for the entire workforce.
Hossini
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Société marocaine de médecine du travail et d'ergonomie, 44, avenue Lalla Yacout, Casablanca, Maroc.
Rahhali
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AE
Laraqui
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O
Belamallem
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I
Harourate
K
K
Verger
C
C
D006292:Health Priorities; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D009018:Morocco / Q000453:epidemiology; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009786:Occupational Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009787:Occupational Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010819:Physician's Role; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D015980:Public Health Practice; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*