Chapter+21+infant+mortality,+twins+(see+Ch.+13,+too)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/people/highlights/010607_twins.shtml The infant mortality rate in Nigeria was found to be 68.2 per 1,000 live births and is lower than the national rate but higher than the regional rate. The UNICEF reports stated that about one million children under the age of five die every year in Nigeria as a result of avoidable causes such as malnourishment, poverty, inadequate health care, etc. Females were twice as likely as males to die in infancy (p=0.011), a finding which is contrary to what is generally found  The National President, Association of Community Health Practitioners of Nigeria (ACHPN), Alhaji Musa I. Yahya, has said that the infant mortality rate of Nigeria was the highest in sub-Saharan Africa. He said "the infant morbidity and mortality rate of Nigeria was among the lowest in sub-Sahara-Africa between 1986 -1993, but since 1993, the reverse has been the case." media type="youtube" key="uZzLco3bf_c" height="344" width="425" Children born in modern health facilities, irrespective of their mothers' place of residence, experienced significantly lower rates of infant mortality than those born elsewhere. The results show that the rates of decline in infant and under-five mortality rates in Nigeria were very slow – an average of 1% per annum since 1960.
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It's a curious, but little-known fact that the rate of twin births in West Africa is about four times higher than in the rest of the world. The centre of this twin zone is Igbo-Ora, a sleepy southwest town in Nigeria. More twins are born here than anywhere else on earth. Nigeria is the most highly populated nation in the world with an estimated 110 million people and population experts say that the country, particularly the southwest, has the world's highest twinning rate.  Twins are a blessing, with many pregnant women wishing for multiple births.
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