Infant Mortality In Gambia

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Infant mortality rate This refer to the ratio of deaths to live births of children below one year of age in the population, that is, number of deaths below age one in 1996 in Gambia divided by number of live birth in 1996 in Gambia multiplied by 1000, is equal to Gambia infant mortality rate, 1996. (Hes, et, al 1988, 495) The perinatal mortality rate This refers to the number of foetal deaths weighing at least 500g (or, when birth weight is unavailable, after 22 completed weeks of gestation or with a crown-heel length of 25cm or more plus the number of early neonatal deaths per 1000 total births. Maternal mortality. Maternal death can be defined as the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective…show more content…
Modern lifestyle is part of the factors responsible for high maternal and infant mortality. Mothers need to be sensitised on wellness. Malaria, measles, small pox, bacteria infection, poliomyelitis, tuberculousis and cough are disease factors, while hemorrhoid, bleeding blood group incompatibility, tetanus, Sexual Transmitted Disease, (STD), stillbirth, premature delivery, ignorance, and inaccessibility to obtain treatment are socio-economic factors. Measles, mumps, small pox, chicken pox, influenza, dipthera, diarrhoea, and pyrexia, are ailments that attack infants; there could be pyrexia of unknown origin or as a result of diseases mentioned. Immunity acquired by mothers can cover infants for up to six months, after birth. Since hypothesis, can change, unlike principle and laws, babies, now take drugs right from the very first day of life. Some are immunized only few months later. Babies now take vaccines against dipthera poliomyelitis, tetanus, tuberculousis, and measles, within first six months of life. In the past, it is believed, that when, mothers breast feed babies, the next food is water. But now, mothers are advised not to include water in diet of babies but breast feed them exclusively for six months. We forget that apart from water being a vehicle that has 70 per cent body weight, it also has healing properties. Also, herbal extracts, from leaves,…show more content…
Pineapple is a cause of cancer, because of the chemicalized way of growing the fruit. It was discovered that due to hard texture and brownish black layers therein, investigation shows that pineapple was cultivated with an organic fertilizer nowadays. This is not to rule out the use of chemical in agriculture but the agronomist and other professionals are duty bound to carry out tests on the land or soil, so to apply the right fertilizer for agricultural products and produce. To curb infant and maternal mortality, proper information should be disseminated to expectant mothers during prenatal and post-natal periods. Feeding with the right diet is an important aspect of child care. Diet for example is responsible for posterior fontanel which is the soft spot in the forehead of infants, sometimes, it may look more hollow than usual. Infant born with some of these conditions show very low blood sugar
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