Despite the vigorous campaign mounted to create awareness for improved exclusive breastfeeding, statistics still show a dismal outing. On this World Breastfeeding Week, WINIFRED OGBEBO reiterates the benefits of exclusive breastfeeding.
Breastfeeding is recommended during the first six months of life as a way to meet infants' nutritional requirement and reduce neonatal mortality by perhaps 20 per cent.
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