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Nigeria: 76% of Cross River children denied benefits of exclusive breastfeeding — UNICEF

Nigeria: 76% of Cross River children denied benefits of exclusive breastfeeding — UNICEF

Africa Links 24 with Joseph Abasi-Abasi
Published on 2024-08-05 17:28:06

The Chief of Field Office, UNICEF Enugu, Mrs Juliet Chiluwe at the flag off Ceremony of the 2024 World Breastfeeding Week in Calabar, Cross River State capital, noted that 76% of our children between ages 0-6 months are denied the uncontested benefits that comes with Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF).

Chiluwe stated that introduction of water in the first 6 months of life, is the major harmful barrier to achieving optimal EBF in Nigeria, and in Cross River state specifically. Hence, if mothers…

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