Nigeria’s Breastfeeding Crisis: How Culture, Work & Weak Policies Are Denying Millions Of Babies Their ‘First Vaccine’

By DIANA CHUKWUKA A Child-Survival Intervention Being Lost FOR millions of Nigerian newborns, one of the earliest opportunities to build protection against disease is being lost—not because breastmilk is unavailable, but because the conditions surrounding mothers make exclusive breastfeeding difficult to sustain. Health experts, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation have raised concerns over Nigeria’s […]

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