Malnutrition: What Government Must Do To Avert The Trend

By state, NDHS report stated that stunting is most prevalent in Kebbi at 66 per cent, Jigawa at 64 per cent and Katsina at 61 per cent and these are all North-West states.

According to UNICEF executive director, Henrietta Fore, breastfeeding also acts as babies’ first vaccine, protecting them against many common childhood illnesses. In Nigeria, where one in eight children do not reach their fifth birthday and three in 10 children are stunted, optimal breastfeeding practices are known to reduce neonatal and child morbidities and mortality rates as well as stunting reduction, Fore added.

According to Fore, the percentage of children who were breastfed within one hour of birth remains less than 50 per cent, adding that “Breastfeeding rates in Nigeria reduce with age, as 83 per cent of the children are breastfed up to one year, while 28 per cent are breastfeeding till two years. Furthermore, the proportion of children who are not breastfeeding increases with age.”

To advance Nigeria’s response to breastfeeding, Ehanire said the ministry of health in collaboration with other stakeholders, reviewed the baby friendly initiative to include the revised WHO ten steps to successful breastfeeding towards improving the support, promotion and protection of breastfeeding practices and services in communities and workplaces in line with global best practices.

In the same vein, the minister of Women affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen elaborated on the importance of exclusive breastfeeding and promised better advocacy to communities for the good of babies and mothers.The theme for the 2021 World breastfeeding week is “Protect Breastfeeding, A shared responsibility.

There is a need to further demonstrate commitments and shared responsibility towards improving by all stakeholders, government, donors, civil society groups and private sector, to increase funding to reach the 2025 World Health Assembly Target to raise the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in the first six months to at least 50 percent.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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