Leave your wives' breasts alone during breastfeeding, expert enjoins Nigerian men



Professor Angela Oyo Ita, commissioner for health, Cross River State has advised Nigerian men to keep away from their wives’ breast during breastfeeding.


According to Ita, men who share their wives’ breasts during this period could inflict wound on the breasts. If the woman has tested positive for HIV, she said the baby could be exposed to the virus.

She said this while flagging off the 2013 Breast Feeding Week at Akpabuyo local Government Area of Cross Rivers state.

She enjoined mothers to breastfeed their babies because of its nutritional and health benefits.

She said: “The World Health Organisation,  the United Nation  International Children Educational Fund, and other renown world agencies have carried out studies and it has proven that breast milk is the best in keeping the child healthy, strong and happy.”

“If you look at the face of your baby during breast feeding, you would see joy and satisfaction on the face and that brings the child closer to the mother.”

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