The National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has advocated exclusive breastfeeding for newborns to increase health status and lower the risk of ovarian cancers for mothers.
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Stakeholders on Wednesday urged women living with HIV/AIDS to practice exclusive breastfeeding to boost their babies’ immunity and protect them against diarrhoea and other childhood illnesses.
A cross-section of lactating women in Bauchi State on Friday said that they can no longer afford a balanced diet to sustain exclusive breastfeeding due to the rising cost of foodstuff.
The Plateau State Commissioner for Health, Dr Cletus Shurkuk says babies who are exclusively breastfed have higher immunity and are less prone to noncommunicable diseases.
The Civil Society Scaling Up Nutrition in Nigeria (CS-SUNN), says 43 per cent of children in Benue did not enjoy exclusive breastfeeding.
A gynaecologist, Dr Emeka Iloghalu, has urged nursing mothers to always engage in exclusive breastfeeding to help in the brain development of their children.
A gynaecologist with the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Enugu, Dr Emeka Iloghalu, has said that six months of exclusive breastfeeding helps in the brain development of children.
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