On Sunday, October 11, 2026, Minister of Health Professor Mohamed Seoudi Ait Messaoudane oversaw the official installation of Professor Issam Frikech as the new Director General of the National Blood Agency. Following a tribute to his predecessor, the Minister highlighted the Agency's central role in the healthcare sector. He urged the new leadership to implement a strategy focused on administrative modernization, full digitization of the blood transfusion chain, and real-time tracking of stocks. Furthermore, the Minister emphasized the necessity of expanding domestic production of plasma-derived medicines to ensure national health security, calling upon the agency's experts to improve the safety and efficiency of services provided to patients.