DOCTORS URGE MOTHERS TO PRACTICE EXCLUSIVE BREASTFEEDING
A Survey has shown that out of 1,000 newly-born children in Osun State, 56 die within 28 days of their birth.
The data also indicated that 78 out of 1,000 children in the state die before they are 12 months old. It also revealed that 101 out of 1,000 children in the state die before they are five years old.
The Director, Department of Nutrition Services & Health Education (DNSHE) of the Osun Primary Health Care Development Board (OPHCDB), Dr James Oloyede, said such deaths would be avoidable if women in the state practiced exclusive breastfeeding.
At a sensitization programme organised for women groups in the state, Oloyede declared that the figure was unacceptable and the situation must be dealt with. He urged mothers to support their daughters to practice exclusive breast-feeding.
