[Obstetric care: Supply and demand care in three valleys of the western High Atlas region of Morocco (Anougal, Azgour and Imnane)].

This article analyses the data of an exhaustive retrospective survey of maternal morbidity among 656 women from 3 valleys of the Western High Atlas mountains of Morocco who gave birth within the previous 5 years and from the obstetric register of the hospital providing obstetric care in the study area. This analysis reveals a very large gap between the prevalence of symptoms of maternal morbidity recorded in the High Atlas valleys we studied and those measured on a regional and national scale. Only a minority of women have either prenatal or postnatal care, and delivery in a medically monitored environment is uncommon.

Assessment of nutritional status in the Amazigh children of Amizmiz (Azgour Valley, High Atlas and Morocco).

The Berbers of the High Atlas (Amazigh) live in very severe socio-economic and climatic conditions, which expose children to the risk of malnutrition. In this study we used anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis for the assessment of nutritional status. Height, weight and bioelectrical parameters were taken on 71 children (28 boys and 43 girls).