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[NEWS] : Official: 800,000 Babies Die Due To Poor Breastfeeding Annually by untk: 1:07pm On Oct 29, 2020
The Ekiti State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, has disclosed that no fewer than 800,000 babies die of poor breastfeeding yearly across the globe.

Oyebanji stated that poor breastfeeding was largely responsible for high infant mortality in Nigeria, which he said was being gradually checkmated due to the advent of exclusive breastfeeding and improved medical practices...

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