[Cross-sectional study of iron level during pregnancy at the Mohamed V Military Training Hospital, Rabat].

Iron deficiency is the most widespread nutritional disorder. Anaemia during pregnancy is common in developing countries. The purpose of this study was to check iron levels during pregnancy by evaluating laboratory indicators of iron deficiency.

Cytotoxicity of Particulate Matter PM Samples from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Particulate matter (PM) is one of the main air pollutants with 257,000 deaths per year in Africa. Studying their toxic mechanisms of action could provide a better understanding of their effects on the population health. The objective of this study was to describe the PM toxic mechanism of action collected in 3 districts of Ouagadougou.

An oral history of medical laboratory development in francophone West African countries.

Background: Underdeveloped and underused medical laboratories in sub-Saharan Africa negatively affect the diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ailments.

Objective: We identified political, disease-related and socio-economic factors that have shaped the laboratory sector in Senegal, Mali and Burkina Faso to inform laboratory-strengthening programmes.

Methods: We searched peer-reviewed and grey literature from February 2015 to December 2018 on laboratory and health systems development from colonial times to the present and conducted in-depth interviews with 73 key informants involved in (inter)national health or laboratory policy, organisation, practice or training.

[Management of a global health crisis: first COVID-19 disease feedback from Overseas and French-speaking countries medical biologists].

The French society of clinical biology "Biochemical markers of COVID-19" has set up a working group with the primary aim of reviewing, analyzing and monitoring the evolution of biological prescriptions according to the patient's care path and to look for markers of progression and severity of the disease. This study covers all public and private sectors of medical biology located in metropolitan and overseas France and also extends to the French-speaking world. This article presents the testimonies and data obtained for the "Overseas and French-speaking countries" sub-working group made up of 45 volunteer correspondents, located in 20 regions of the world.