Prevalence and risk factors for hypothermia on admission in Nigerian babies <72 h of age.

Background: Hypothermia is a major contributor to early neonatal deaths especially in the developing world. Factors which predispose babies to hypothermia need to be identified for intervention purposes.

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and risk factors for neonatal hypothermia at admission in the first 72 h of life.

Non-puerperal induced lactation: an infant feeding option in paediatric HIV/AIDS in tropical Africa.

A major problem in the management of infants exposed to HIV is the issue of feeding, which stems from the need to avoid transmission of the virus via breast milk. Other important issues in the nutrition of infants exposed to the virus include severe maternal illness, which makes suckling extremely difficult, and feeding orphans. Wet nursing is one of the recommended steps in addressing the feeding problems of such infants but for reasons of sociocultural disapproval, it appears not to be popular in traditional African settings.