LOW BIRTH WEIGHT CASES AT HARARE CENTRAL HOSPITAL
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Ms Irene Sambo
Principal Tutor, Harare Central Hospital
Birth weight is used as standard evaluative measurement of a new born worldwide. Littleton and Engebretson (2005) describe Low Birth Weight (LBW) as birth weight of less than 2 500 grams. Poor nutrition during pregnancy is recognised as an important cause of low birth weight and controlled trials have shown that improving food intakes during pregnancy effectively reduces LBW.
