Author(s)

Loubna Doukkali¹, Nada Bennani Mechita², Laila Lahlou², Fatima Zahra laamiri¹, Mouna Habibi¹, Amina Barkat¹

¹Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Research Team in Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.
²Laboratory of Biostatistics and Clinical Research and Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Rabat, Morocco.

Background: Although neonatal mortality decreases in different regions of the world, it is still a major problem in developing countries and particularly in Morocco. Purpose: The aims of this study are to examine the characteristics of pregnant women in the hospital center in the urban commune of Missour as well as the morphological data of the newborn and identify the risk factors implicated in neonatal morbidity. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study of collected data from records of women who gave birth in the Maternity of Missour during 2012. As well as a prospective study conducted at the maternity in 2013. Results: A total of 1108 women were included in this retrospective survey, of which 45% come from areas located far from the hospital center of the province and sometimes the access is tough in winter. Only 55.1% of pregnancy was followed. Among 1121 births, 49 babies (4.3%) showed a problematic birth situation: 31 (2.7%) newborns were hospitalized in pediatrics, of which 14 are premature. Neonatal mortality rate is 0.6% that is to say 7 early deaths. The risk factors associated to neonatal morbidity are gestational age and weight birth (in 50% of the cases, 85.7% of deaths are premature infants less than 1500 g). 14 (1.2%) were referred and 11 (0.9%) malformed were noticed. The prospective study states that among the 194 women analyzed, 89.7% are housewives. 89.1% have no medical coverage and 25.4% are illiterate. Only 29.2% benefit from a blood sample during pregnancy and 50% benefit from regular ultrasound follow-up. Conclusion: Mortality and neonatal morbidity constitute a public health priority in Morocco. Our work insists on the interest of an organized support of the newborn from the community to the different levels of the health pyramid.

Precariousness, Perinatal Risk, Regionalization, Community Actions

Doukkali, L. , Mechita, N. , Lahlou, L. , laamiri, F. , Habibi, M. and Barkat, A. (2016) Factors of Neonatal Morbidity at the Provincial Hospital Center of Missour. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 4, 48-57. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2016.45005.