THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF MOTHERS AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT AMONG NEONATAL AT DHUSAMAREB CITY IN PUBLIC HOSPITAL GALMUDUG-SOMALIA, ACCORD UNIVERSITY - SOMALIA.

World Health Organization (WHO) defined low birth weight as weight at birth of less than 2500 g regardless of gestational age. This cut-off point is based on observations that newborns weighing less than 2500 g. are 20 times more likely to die than heavier babies [1]. Hypertension, and diabetes, in later life compared to others with adequate birth weights [2]. Majority of LBW births occur in low- and middle-income countries and especially in the most vulnerable populations. Regional estimates of LBW include 28% in south Asia, 13% in sub- Saharan Africa and 9% in Latin America but it is also a global concern, to some high-income countries (e.g. Spain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America [3