Hand Stretched Out Love Charity (HSLC) initiative, a non-governmental organisation, has sensitised mothers on the best way to feed their children.
The NGO organised an awareness: “Combating infant/young child mortality rate and malnutrition”, with a nutritionist, paediatrician and dietitian enlightening mothers on how to reduce child mortality rate and malnutrition.
In a statement, the NGO decried child mortality, quoting United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) statistics that ‘in the last five years, infant and under-five mortality rates have remained steady in Nigeria, at 74 and 117 deaths per 1,000 live births. This means one child of every 13 dies before age one, and one in every eight does not survive to five.’
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Chief dietitian at Orile Agege General Hospital, Olowolekomo Temitope, stressed the need for the right food and fruits to be taken by expectant and nursing mothers.
She also emphasised exclusive breastfeeding and consumption of vegetables, and warned against herbal concoctions.
The Paediatrician, Bamgbade Obakunayo, spoke on body antibiotics, and right feeding practices before, during and after pregnancy.
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