{"id":59703,"date":"2022-10-28T21:46:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T20:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=59703"},"modified":"2022-10-28T21:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-28T20:46:27","slug":"reject-any-substitute-for-breast-milk-expert-urges-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/reject-any-substitute-for-breast-milk-expert-urges-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Reject any substitute for breast milk, expert urges mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dr Mala Abdulwahab, the Borno Programme Manager of State Emergency and Child Intervention Centre (SEMCHIC), has urged mothers not to believe any claim that there is substitute for breast milk.<\/strong><\/p>\n Abdulwahab made the call in Maiduguri on Friday during a roundtable with news men on exclusive breastfeeding, organised by an International Organisation, FHI360 in collaboration with National Agency For Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency.<\/a><\/p>\n Abdulwahab said the call became necessary because of some misconceptions that there were substitute for breast milk and richer.<\/p>\n Abdulwahab said infants were expected to be breastfed within 30 minutes or one hour after birth which should be sustained for six months before adding any supplements approved by NAFDAC in feeding the child.<\/p>\n