Access to Care and Therapy for Kawasaki Disease in Morocco: A Kawasaki Disease Arab Initiative (Kawarabi) Multicenter Survey

Authors

• Kenza Bouayed, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, A Harouchi Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Ibn Rochd, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco. bouayedkenza@hotmail.com.
• Sara Ahchouch, Cardiology Center, Mohammed V Military Training Hospital, Rabat, Morocco.
• Maryam Jalal, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, A Harouchi Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Ibn Rochd, Casablanca, Morocco.
• Bouchra Chkirate, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Children Hospital, CHU Ibn Sina, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
• Nadia Mebrouk, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Children Hospital, CHU Ibn Sina, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
• Noureddine Rada, Department of Pediatric A, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CHU Mohammed VI, Cadi Ayyad University , Marrakech, Morocco.
• Mohamed Bouskraoui, Department of Pediatric A, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CHU Mohammed VI, Cadi Ayyad University , Marrakech, Morocco.
• Abdenasser Drighil, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy , CHU Ibn Rochd, Hassan II University , Casablanca, Morocco.
• Hamza Benjelloun, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Hassan II, Fes, Morocco.
• Hafsa Moukhane, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency, Mother and Child Hospital, CHU Hassan II, Fes, Morocco.
• Moustapha Hida, Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency, Mother and Child Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry, CHU Hassan II, Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University, Fez, Morocco.
• Safaa Hajjaj, Department of Pediatrics, Ibn Al Khatib Hospital, Fez, Morocco.
• Abdellatif Daoudi, Mother and Child Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, CHU Souss Massa, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco.
• Sifeddine Nejmi, AJIAL Pediatric Hospital, 347 Boulevard Panoramique, 20000, Casablanca, Morocco.
• Said Chraibi, Private Cardiologist, Abdelmoumen Center, Angle Boulevard Anoual, Boulevard Abdelmoumen, Angle Boulevard Anoual, Casablanca, Morocco.
• Amine Essaidi, Private Pediatric Cardiologist, Dar El Farah Center, 2 Rue Gibraltar, Tangier, Morocco.
• Myriam Bensemlali, Private Pediatric Cardiologist, 2 Rue Mohamed Taha, ex Préjean, Angle Rue Lahcen Omar, Casablanca, Morocco.
• Dalal Ansar Hamraoui, Department of Pediatrics, Hassan II Regional Hospital, Dakhla, Morocco.
• Amal Fadil, Pediatric Department, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Moulay Belmehdi Hospital, Ibn Zohr University, Laâyoune, Morocco.
• Kaoutar Khabbache, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, CHU Mohammed VI, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tangier, Morocco.
• Abdeladim Babakhouya, Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, CHU Mohammed VI, Mohammed Ist University, Oujda, Morocco.
• Nadia El Slitine, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, CHU Mohammed VI, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco.
• Raed Alzyoud, Section of Immunology, Allergy, and Rheumatology, Queen Rania Children's Hospital, Jordanian Royal Medical Services, Amman, Jordan.
• Ashraf Harahsheh, Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's National Hospital, The George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences , Washington, DC, USA.
• Nadine Choueiter, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
• Nagib Dahdah, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, CHU Sainte-Justine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada.

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

1-19-2026

Journal

Pediatric cardiology

DOI

10.1007/s00246-026-04158-7

Keywords

Arab, intravenous immunoglobulins; Kawasaki disease; Morocco; Treatment

APA Citation

Bouayed, Kenza; Ahchouch, Sara; Jalal, Maryam; Chkirate, Bouchra; Mebrouk, Nadia; Rada, Noureddine; Bouskraoui, Mohamed; Drighil, Abdenasser; Benjelloun, Hamza; Moukhane, Hafsa; Hida, Moustapha; Hajjaj, Safaa; Daoudi, Abdellatif; Nejmi, Sifeddine; Chraibi, Said; Essaidi, Amine; Bensemlali, Myriam; Hamraoui, Dalal Ansar; Fadil, Amal; Khabbache, Kaoutar; Babakhouya, Abdeladim; Slitine, Nadia El; Alzyoud, Raed; Harahsheh, Ashraf; Choueiter, Nadine; and Dahdah, Nagib, "Access to Care and Therapy for Kawasaki Disease in Morocco: A Kawasaki Disease Arab Initiative (Kawarabi) Multicenter Survey" (2026). GW Authored Works. Paper 8551.
https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/gwhpubs/8551

Department

Pediatrics