The present transversal descriptive survey aims to determine
the prognosis, the frequency and seeks to describe the profile of the newborn
babies from the early motherhood. It was conducted on 66 new babies from 60
mothers. Early motherhood concerned the single young ladies at 65%. They
developed urogenital infections at 38.3%. Their socio-economic conditions were
unfavorable at 68.3%. Concerning vital prognosis of the newborn children, from
early motherhood, they noticed neonatal mortality estimated at 7.6%.
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