African Perspective of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE
OF FOETAL ALCOHOL
SPECTRUM DISORDER

BACKGROUND
 Foetal alcohol
syndrome and
its less severe
consequences of
the maternal
drinking is
collectively
referred to as
the FASD (May et
al. 2014).

CAUSATIVE FACTOR
 Poor behavioural
practice among
mothers.
 Alcohol
consumption
 Poor bodily
measures such as
height , weight of
the mothers
(Mattson et al.
2013).

CONTINUED...
 In Africa, the rate
of alcohol
consumption
during pregnancy
is not at all
satisfactory .
 20 per cent of
women are
addicted to alcohol
consumption (May
et al. 2014).