In Nigeria many women die at the time of the delivery of their children. These babies are usually very small, often premature and weighing anywhere from three to five pounds. The people realize that it is almost impossible for them to rear these babies; very rarely this may be done if there is another woman in the same compound who has a small baby and who will nurse the one left motherless, but very few women will do this as they think their own baby will die if they do.
