Abstract
Of the 101 mothers who delivered twins at the Ife State Hospital in 1979, 58 mothers were traceable. The twins were assessed for growth by weighing; mothers were interviewed as to feeding practices, means of protecting children from common diseases. Seventy-six percent of the children were underweight for age; 9 of the children died of preventable diseases. Corn pap (maize gruel) in addition to breast milk was the major weanling food among the lower socio-economic mothers. Sixty-two percent of the mothers employed traditional methods, either singly or combined with immunization, to protect their infants from preventable disease. The role of regular home visits by the health workers in developing countries to monitor the growth progress and health status of twins in the first 18 months is emphasized.
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