![]() ![]() I’m grateful to the medical team that are doing all the hard work and the Government of Mali for funding this," Cisse told Daily Mail. It’s astonishing the amount of work that is involved in looking after them. "Giving birth to one child is hard enough but having nine is unimaginable. The family has been living in a house near the hospital. They were taken off incubators in August but they are still being monitored by the doctors. “One of the plausible reasons is the hereditary aspect of it because maybe over the years they inter-marry, they now have that gene being pooled and concentrated in that environment”.The babies had to stay in the NICU for the first few months of their lives. However, Ekujumi Olarenwaju, a Nigerian gynecologist, begs to differ with these views. ![]() Some people also attribute multiple births in Igbo-Ora to the eating of yams and cassava. The Yoruba people commonly use Okra leaves to prepare their stew. Mostly, children are named Taiwo or Kehinde, depending on whether they are born first or second.Ī common view among locals is that the high twin birth rates are a result of the Okra leaf they eat. Due to the prevalence of twins in the town, the Yoruba people have a tradition of giving children specific names. Multiple births are common among the Yoruba ethnic group, which is dominant in Igbo-Ora. Also, rows of children at schools in the area are dotted with identical twins. ![]() Almost every household in Igbo-Ora boasts of a set of twins. Igbo-Ora, a town in south-western Nigeria, is dubbed ‘Twin Town’ because it has one of the highest multiple birth rates in the world. Speaking to the BBC, Arby said,ĪLSO READ: Volsus Energy Explores Solar Power For Improved Healthcare Nigeria’s Multiple Births Town Her husband, Adjudant Kader Arby, received the good news with jubilation. Prof Alaoui explained that Halima Cissé was admitted at 25 weeks of pregnancy and gave birth at 30 weeks. This was done to give the babies more time to develop. During Cissé’s stay at Ain Borja clinic, doctors tried to delay her delivery for weeks. Halima Cisse, a woman in Mali, has given birth to 9 babies – 2 more than doctors had detected inside her womb – according to the West African nation's Health ministry, joining a tiny exclusive club of mothers of nonuplets□□□□□□ Ī team of 10 doctors assisted by 25 paramedics conducted the extraordinary Caesarean section operation. The director also revealed that the nine babies will be incubated “for two to three months.” The medical director of the clinic, Prof Youssef Alaoui, said that the nonuplets were born at 30 weeks and weighed between 500g and 1kg. The 25-year-old mother delivered by cesarean section on Tuesday after staying in the Moroccan clinic for five weeks. ![]() Halima Cissé gets Special Care in MoroccoĪccording to Mali’s health minister, the decision to move her to Morocco was made on 30 March. Subsequently, health authorities intervened and flew her to Ain Borja Clinic in Casablanca, Morocco, where she gave birth. According to them, Halima Cissé needed specialized care. The medics who were taking care of the young mother started getting worried about her welfare and the survival of her babies. In Mali, Halima Cissé became popular after doctors revealed that she was expectant with seven children. ALSO READ: 10 Innovative Startups That Will Influence Health Service Delivery In Africa ![]()
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