Located in Bamako’s 4th district, near the Sébénikoro market, the Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic is a level-three public referral hospital specializing in maternal and child healthcare.
Established through cooperation between Morocco and Mali, the facility focuses on prenatal diagnosis, the management of high-risk pregnancies, and healthcare for children up to the age of five.
The clinic employs 103 staff members, including 89 currently in service, one on leave and 13 undergoing training.
Built on a five-hectare site, with nearly 8,000 square meters of constructed space, the clinic has a capacity of 74 beds for mothers and newborns.
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In line with its mission, the facility recorded 6,769 outpatient consultations, 919 hospital admissions, 640 deliveries—including 173 cesarean sections—11,978 laboratory tests and 2,985 medical imaging procedures in 2025.
According to the clinic’s director general, Dr. Sidibé Fatoumata Maguiraga, “the clinic focuses on maternal and child healthcare, specifically prenatal diagnosis, the management of high-risk pregnancies, and the follow-up of children until the age of five.”
She added that “a number of departments have been established to ensure the smooth operation of the facility, including administrative services, clinical care, pediatrics and neonatology, gynecology and obstetrics, an emergency and intensive care unit, a laboratory, and a medical imaging department equipped with state-of-the-art technology.”
Dr. Maguiraga said the clinic fills an important gap in Mali’s healthcare system, noting that it is the country’s only public institution dedicated exclusively to maternal and child health. She added that one of its defining strengths is the care provided to newborns, particularly premature infants.
Given the growing demand for its services, she called for “strengthening the capacities of its staff so that the clinic can meet its objectives.”
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Dr. Sékou Bakary Keïta, a gynecologist-obstetrician at the clinic, said the department includes four inpatient wards, four fully equipped delivery rooms and consultation rooms. It is staffed by five gynecologists, 14 midwives and four obstetric nurses.
Dramé Coumba Sidy Sall, who was hospitalized with preeclampsia, said “the care has been excellent, and the doctors are always available.”
The Mohammed VI Perinatal Clinic in Bamako was inaugurated in July 2022 in Sébénikoro, District IV of the Malian capital. (M. K. Diemba/Le360 Afrique). M. K. Diemba/Le360 Afrique
Professor Seydina Alioune Beye, head of the intensive care and operating theater department at the clinic, said “the perinatal clinic’s operating suite is multifunctional and state-of-the-art, with a post-anesthesia care unit, a head nurse’s office and two operating rooms.”
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He added that “in addition to the two adjoining operating rooms, the clinic has a dedicated neonatal intensive care unit staffed by its team of neonatologists.”
Professor Fatoumata Léonie F. Diakité, head of the pediatrics and neonatology department, said “our department is equipped with state-of-the-art medical equipment donated by His Majesty King Mohammed VI.”
The clinic also has a 550 kVA SDMO backup generator capable of supplying power to the entire facility, except for the laundry unit.
Construction of the clinic began after King Mohammed VI laid its foundation stone on February 20, 2014, during his second visit to Mali. Built by the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development on a five-hectare site, including 7,270 square meters of covered space, the level-three hospital was fully financed and equipped by Morocco at a cost of nearly 9.9 billion CFA francs.
