{"id":72351,"date":"2025-08-06T20:44:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=72351"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T20:44:17","slug":"chedi-trains-150-fct-mothers-on-breastfeeding-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/08\/06\/chedi-trains-150-fct-mothers-on-breastfeeding-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"CHEDI Trains 150 FCT Mothers on Breastfeeding Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Citizens\u2019 Health Education and Development Initiative (CHEDI), has sensitised over 150 pregnant and nursing mothers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on the vital role of breastfeeding in maternal and child health.<\/p>\n<p>The one-day sensitisation, held on Wednesday at Kuchiko Primary Healthcare Centre in Bwari Area Council, was part of activities to mark the 2025 World Breastfeeding Week.<\/p>\n<p>It featured advocacy and educational sessions focused on promoting breastfeeding practices and strengthening local healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s theme was \u201cBuilding Healthcare Systems that Truly Support Breastfeeding: New Tools for Sustainable Change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CHEDI\u2019s Executive Director, Mrs. Selina Enyioha, described breastfeeding as a critical intervention in reducing infant mortality, improving maternal health, and fortifying health systems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreastfeeding is not just a personal act; it is a public health priority,\u201d she said, calling for increased policy support and investment in mother-friendly health facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Enyioha also advocated stronger maternity protection in workplaces and enhanced training for frontline health workers to ensure sustained grassroots support for breastfeeding mothers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The Citizens\u2019 Health Education and Development Initiative (CHEDI), has sensitised over 150 pregnant and nursing mothers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on the vital role of breastfeeding in maternal and child health. The one-day sensitisation, held on Wednesday at Kuchiko Primary Healthcare Centre in Bwari Area Council, was part of activities [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":72352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72351"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72353,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72351\/revisions\/72353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}