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    First 1,000 Days Crucial for Child’s Future Development – UNICEF

    EditorBy EditorSeptember 27, 2024Updated:September 27, 2024No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The United Nations Children’s Fund UNICEF says inadequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child’s life can lead to stunted physical and impaired cognitive development.

    Nutrition Officer UNICEF Kano field office, Mrs. Abigail Nyam, disclosed this while making a presentation on ‘First 1000 days of Life’ during an advocacy dialogue meeting with news and programmes managers of radio and television stations from Kano, Jigawa and Katsina states.

    According to her, how well or poorly a mother during pregnancy and her child before age two are nourished has great impact on the child’s future, noting that poor nutrition could cause an irreversible lifelong damage to child’s growing brain and body.

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    She said some of the effects include, weekend immune system, poorly physical growth, development delays, cognitive deficits, chronic disease later in life such as diabetes and obesity among others.

    “According to UNICEF’s State of the World Children 2010 Report, under nutrition contributes to more than one third of the deaths.

    “Under nutrition particularly in children less than two years of age prevent them from reaching their full development potential.

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    “WHO’s recommendations of optimal infant feeding include, beginning breastfeeding within an hour of birth and exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, followed by timely and appropriate complementary feeding after six months along with continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond,” she stressed.

    While maintaining that 80 percent of brain development occurred at this period with a foundation for lifelong health established, Mrs Nyam however pointed out that, investing in the health, nutrition, care of mothers their young children could help states and countries achieve their developmental goals.

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    She further advised pregnant and nursing mothers to ensure the uptake of the multiple micronutrient supplements(MMS), emphasising on its rich composition which can meets the micronutrients requirements absent in poor diet.

    Speaking also, UNICEF advocacy specialist, Priyanka Khanna, stressed on the need to ending polio in Nigeria, noting that if every child especially in the north can be reached in the next three rounds of immunization, polio can be eradicated within the shortest possible time in the country.

    Earlier the Chief of UNICEF’s Kano Field Office, Rahma Farah, tasked the media managers to used their platforms to amplify the cause of children who are voiceless in the society.

    Represented by the field’s office communication specialist, Samuel Kaalu, he noted that issues affecting children in the zone is huge, hence, there is the need to focus on advocacy priorities given the impact of the broadcast media especially radio in northern Nigeria.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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