Adeyemi told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that when a nursing mother is too tired while breastfeeding and sleeps off, the baby might aspirate the milk, which would not be noticeable until days after it had done some damages.
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Pam also said breastfeeding promotes nutrition and food security that were fundamental to achieving Sustainable Development Goals.
Amanda Pam, the Secretary, Health and Human Service Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration, says one out of every two babies delivered in FCT is not exclusively breastfed.
Malam Sa’id Umar, the Jigawa Nutrition Officer, says only 12.8 per cent of nursing mothers practice early initiation of breastfeeding in the state.
Dr Chris Isokpunwu, Head of Nutrition, FMOH, in a statement in Abuja said the engagement would galvanize the actions of the stakeholders in the commemoration of the 2018 Word Breastfeeding Week.
“Some 7.6 million babies across the world are not breastfed each year despite clear evidence that it can save lives, and protect babies and mothers against deadly diseases.
She said: “Breast feeding is a key element in getting people, especially mothers, to value the well-being of a child from the start of life.|
Johnson spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of a conference on: “Work and Emotional Balance,” in Lagos.
Breast engorgement is when mother’s breasts are painfully over-fulled of milk, usually, the condition occurs when a mother makes more milk than her baby uses.
Ada Ezeogu, a UNICEF Nutrition Specialist, made this known at a media dialogue on Breastfeeding and Global Breastfeeding Collective.
Aiyedun made this known when she featured at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.
Previous studies have suggested that mothers get short-term health benefits from breastfeeding, such as weight loss and lower cholesterol, blood pressure and glucose levels after pregnancy
Others were the UN Working Group on discrimination against women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
The experts said: “These marketing practices often negatively affect the choices women make on how to feed their infants in the best way possible
Iwalokun of the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos
The experts says a mother can breastfeed a child that is not her own, but this should come only after the mother is tested and found to be HIV-negative