Rabat, July 18 -- The Moroccan Minister of Health, Anass Doukkali, has launched a partnership with Sanofi Aventis Maroc, one of the country's biggest operators in the pharmaceutical sector.

The agreement, signed on Tuesday July 16th, aims to aid people living with rare illnesses by widening the range of services available to them, and educating the moroccan medical community on the problems they face.

This public-private partnership is set to last through the next three years. It aims to improve the existing medical infrastructure by launching specialized centers for these patients at major university hospitals.

In addition to this, the plan involves creating a national registry for rare diseases in order to better track and predict th...