The NASMAA program targets more than 800 children with hearing disabilities from disadvantaged families. It is implemented in cooperation with the Lalla Asmae Foundation for Deaf Children, the Ministry of Health, the Mohamed V Military training hospital , Teaching hospitals and associations working in this field.

"The launch of the NASMAA program is of great importance given its contribution to protecting deaf children and supporting their families, part of a social approach based on inclusiveness and integration," El Moussali said in a speech on this occasion.

"This program offers a new life to children and is an investment in the citizen, freeing him from a disability that could undermine his future," the minister added, highlighting the effective contribution and continued commitment of all partners to ensure the success of this project.

"Given its national dimension and progressive targeting of many children from disadvantaged families, this program requires the combined efforts of teaching hospitals that perform the surgeries, of the specialized providing speech therapy and auditory rehabilitation services and of the families to ensure the support and guidance of these children," she said.

For his part, the Director of the Lalla Asmae Foundation for Deaf Children, El Houssaine Hsini noted that this program started today at the Mohammed VI University Hospital in Marrakech and will be extended to all the Kingdom's teaching and military hospitals.

In a statement to MAP, El Houssaine expressed his gratitude to all partners who contributed to the implementation of this program. He also underlined the major role played by the Lalla Asmae Foundation for Deaf Children in improving the lives of this social category, particularly through the promotion of their health and integration into student life.

Echoing El Houssaine, the Director of Mohammed VI University Hospital, Lahcen Boukhanni stated that the NASMAA program allows deaf children from disadvantaged families to recover hearing through cochlear implants.

In that regard, he recalled that the Mohammed VI University Hospital began performing cochlear implant surgery in 2007 as part of the "Health and Disability" national plan.

This experience has allowed the facility to fain a solid experience, particularly in terms of diagnosis, cochlear implant surgery and follow-up, he said.

For his part, MAP Director-General Khalil Hachimi Idrissi stressed that the Agency - a media partner of the NASMAA program- has been methodically involved over the past two years in the implementation of this program aimed at equipping deaf children with cochlear implants.

MAP is committed to mobilizing all means in terms of communication to ensure the success of this project. "We obviously aim at promoting media and social mobilization to multiply the number of beneficiaries so that the benefit of this program is as widespread as possible," he stated.

The NASMAA program includes all stages of the caring process for deaf children. It is part of the efforts of the Ministry of Solidarity, the Ministry of Health, the Lalla Asmae Foundation and the National Mutual Aid to promote the rights of children with hearing disabilities in the Kingdom and support their social integration.