Inadequacy of vitamins and minerals among high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Objective: To assess micronutrient intakes and the prevalence of inadequacy in a sample of high-school pupils in Ouarzazate, Morocco.

Design: Food records were compiled over three non-consecutive days by pre-trained pupils. Micronutrient intakes were estimated using the DIAL software, adapted to include foods commonly eaten in Morocco.

[Prenatal care in the city of Marrakech].

The data reported here come from a survey conducted in 2008, in direct interviews, according to a standard questionnaire, of 1712 women visiting 15 health centers in Marrakech. We selected 1202 women who gave birth during the past five years to examine the impact of socioeconomic and biodemographic determinants on access to prenatal care in this city. We also identified 309 women in our sample who were pregnant during the survey and studied the quality and content of their prenatal care.

[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.

[The plural family in a rural African environment. An example of plantation economy: the Dayes plateau in Southwest Togo].

"Study of the transition to a plantation economy in populations on the Dayes plateau (SW Togo) shows the progressively preponderant role of the domestic group. Responsibility for production, for continuity of the labour force and for the demographic continuity of groups which used to be held by lineal authorities is now exercised at [the] domestic unit level. Although this results in greater autonomy for women, it also results in radical changes in the marriage rate.

[A framework for the analysis of the determinants of childhood mortality].

A general framework for the analysis of the complex determinants of infant and child mortality in developing countries is presented. "This framework distinguishes five types of variables: the discriminatory, independent, intermediate, determinant and dependent variables which correspond to the different levels of analysis and explanation. A non exhaustive presentation is made of the variables involved in each group and of their main relations.