Publications by authors named "Saad Maniar"

Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic quickly led to the closure of educational institutions in the hope of reducing infections and fatalities due to this disease. Distant education is becoming a policy priority, although institutions and teachers are neither experienced nor accustomed to its use. The purpose of this study is to determine secondary school teachers' perceptions and requirements of distance education during confinement.

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Increasing cases of leishmaniasis disease have been reported during recent years in Sefrou Province, Central North of Morocco. This study presents the epidemiological profile of the provincial population, aims at analyzing the epidemiological profile, and in particular, spatiotemporal follow-up of all cases of leishmaniasis. It is a retrospective analysis of leishmaniasis cases recorded between 2007 and 2010.

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Background: In Morocco we have no reliable information on the incidence of congenital hypothyroidism (HC).

Aims: The aim of our study was to explore the feasibility of a neonatal screening program for this disease in Morocco.

Methods: We conducted a screening campaign in the HC 15 615 newborns in the wilaya of Fez in north-central Morocco.

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After the elimination of autochthonous malaria in Morocco in 2004, control of imported malaria, based on epidemiological monitoring of the parasite and vector control, has become a priority. This retrospective study concerns imported malaria cases identified by optical microscopy at the regional epidemiological diagnostic laboratory of the Regional Health Department of Fes from 1997 through 2007. The results obtained showed that 56 of 68 (82%) samples examined were positive.

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