Dr Emeka Nwaolisah, Consultant Paediatrician, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, says women who abstain from breastfeeding their children are not only unfair to the child but the society. Nwaolisah told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that “breastfeeding is key to producing geniuses as children.” He explained that some women refuse to breastfeed their children […]
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Global leader in consumer health and hygiene, Reckitt Benckiser (RB) makers of Dettol has urged nursing mothers to embrace good hygiene practice during breast-feeding. This was emphasised at a Breast-feeding workshop, titled ‘Sustaining Development Together’ which was carried out in partnership with Save Our Children International (Nigeria Branch) at Shomolu, Lagos, recently. This event was […]
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Women who breastfeed their children have been found to be at substantially less risk of developing uterus cancer, according to researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia. Dr Susan Jordan, head of the Cancer Causes and Care research group at QIMR Berghofer said that women who breastfeed at least one child have […]
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