Low Birth Weight in Maseru Lesotho

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This article has found that the prevalence of Low Birth Weight is high in Lesotho and many associated factors were identified. They included unclean sources of energy, indecent jobs, multiple gestation, HIV infections, history of hypertension in pregnancy and prematurity. Early and preventive measures especially during antenatal care such as blood pressure monitoring will reduce the effect. Policy changes on pregnant women working in indecent jobs will be helpful though difficult to implement.

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