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Saving Lives: Nigeria's First Breast Milk Bank Gives Babies a Fighting Chance

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 28, 2023
3 Mins read
By Chibuike Alagboso and Onyinye Oranezi (Lead Writers) When Kehinde (not real name) set out on the nearly 130km journey from Ibadan…
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Press Release

Stakeholders advocate friendlier corporate workplace breastfeeding policies

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 3, 2023
2 Mins read
Lagos, Nigeria – August 3, 2023 – As part of activities to celebrate the 2023 World Breastfeeding Week, FHI 360/Alive & Thrive,…
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Thought Leadership

#WorldBreastfeedingWeek: Making Breastfeeding Work for Nigerian Mothers

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 3, 2023
4 Mins read
By Onyedikachi Ewe and Bernard Otu Assim-ita (Lead Writers) Breastfeeding is an important part of a baby’s growth, especially during the first…
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Thought Leadership

The Best Start in Life: Getting Exclusive Breastfeeding Right

By Nigeria Health Watch
September 7, 2022
4 Mins read
By Kenneth Ibe and Hadiza Mohammed (Lead Writers) Nutrition is a vital component of infant and young child development, and a major…
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Thought Leadership

Protect Breastfeeding: Strengthening Workplace Policies for Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nigeria

By Kemisola Agbaoye
August 11, 2021
4 Mins read
Breastfeeding provides essential nutrients to newborns and infants, which translate to proper growth and development from childhood to adulthood. There are many…
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Thought Leadership

Breastfeeding Fact Sheet

By Nigeria Health Watch
August 4, 2021
1 Mins read
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Torchlight Africa

Sharing is Caring: Kenya’s Only Breast Milk Bank Expresses Care for Vulnerable Newborns

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 29, 2021
7 Mins read
By Christabel Ligami (Lead Writer) Esther Wawire, 23, delivered her daughter at Kenya’s Punwani Hospital two weeks ago, but was unable to…
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Thought Leadership

Better Breastfeeding for a Healthier Nigeria: 2020 World Breastfeeding Week

By Bunmi Oyebanji Obot
August 14, 2020
7 Mins read
Every year from August 1–7, Nigeria joins over 170 countries globally to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week. This is one of the greatest…
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Torchlight

Partnerships for better nutrition in Kaduna State: The Alive & Thrive Model

By Nigeria Health Watch
March 16, 2020
7 Mins read
Malnutrition is a direct or underlying cause of 45% of all deaths of under-five children, and Nigeria has the second highest burden…
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Torchlight

Saving 10K - Empowering Nigerian mothers with local options for child nutrition

By Dara Ajala-Damisa
November 14, 2019
7 Mins read
Six months have passed, the journey is finally over! You have managed to exclusively breastfeed your baby as recommended by all the…
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Thought Leadership

The Breast Milk Substitute Code - Time for Implementation and Enforcement in Nigeria

By Nigeria Health Watch
October 24, 2019
5 Mins read
Breast will always be bestThe importance of breastfeeding to improve the health and nutrition of infants and young children cannot be overemphasised….
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