NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF HIV EXPOSED CHILDREN (0 - 6 MONTHS), ATTENDING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, SHIKA - ZARIA, NIGERIA
Keywords:
HIV exposed children; HIV infected Mothers, stunted children, underweight, wasted childrenAbstract
A prospective cohort study of seventy-four mothers - infants’ pairs was conducted to assess nutritional status of children born to HIV positive mothers aged zero to six (0 -6) months, the sample size was calculated based on the prevalence rate of HIV in Kaduna state. The study was conducted in Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital–Shika, using anthropometric measurements (weight, height, etc.), and analyzed using WHO Anthro version 3.2.2.1. The birth weight was averagely double by six months of age. At birth 90.54% of the children were within normal weight (insert values) range while only 9.46 % were of low birth weight (insert values). At 2, 4 and 6 months, underweight children increase dramatically to 28.38%, 41.89% and 29.73% respectively. The prevalence of stunting started from birth at 12.16 % and increased to 28.3 8% by 2 months while at 4 months, it reduced to 22.97% with further reduction noticed at 6 months to 16. 22%. Similarly at birth, 2, 4 and 6 months of age, the proportion of children that were wasted was 28.38%, 31.08%, 29.73% and 33.78%, respectively.
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