Only 3 in 10 Nigerian babies receive exclusive breastmilk, UNICEF
Describing breastmilk as “a baby’s first vaccine,” Lafoucriere said breastfeeding remains one of the most effective and affordable interventions for improving child survival, nutrition and brain development.
She noted that only one in three babies in Nigeria is breastfed within the first hour after birth, while just three in 10 infants are exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life.
To every health worker, put that baby to the breast within the first hour, every time.
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