SSoouurrcceess

Data for the project was sourced from public databases and documents.

UNICEF (February 2022)
"More than half of parents and pregnant women exposed to aggressive formula milk marketing"

UNICEF & WHO (August 2024)
"World Breastfeeding Week: UNICEF and WHO call for equal access to breastfeeding support"

PubMed (November 2024)
"Macronutrient concentrations in human milk beyond the first half year of lactation: a cohort study"

Access to Nutrition Foundation (2018)
"BMS Marketing in Nigeria – Access to Nutrition Foundation Report"

WHO (2017)
"Investment Case for Breastfeeding – Global Breastfeeding Collective / WHO"

UNICEF (2023)
"Global Breastfeeding Scorecard 2023"

Global Breastfeeding Collective (n.d.)
"Global Breastfeeding Collective"

Milk Genomics (n.d.)
"Dynamic changes in breast milk composition – PLOS ONE study"

Papaya Global (n.d.)
"Papaya Global: Country Profile – Nigeria"

WHO (n.d.)
"WHO Fact Sheet: Infant and Young Child Feeding"

Nigeria Health Watch (August 2023)
"Making Breastfeeding Work for Nigerian Mothers – Nigeria Health Watch"

UNICEF (n.d.)
"UNICEF: Infant Feeding in Nigeria"

Wiley Online Library (2020)
"Factors influencing breastfeeding practices – Wiley Online Library"

PMC (2016)
"Longer breastfeeding linked to better cognitive outcomes – PMC"

TIME (2015)
"Breastfeeding may lower risk of childhood leukemia – TIME"

ScienceDirect (n.d.)
"Meta-analysis on breastfeeding and breast cancer risk– ScienceDirect"

JAMA Network (n.d.)
"Long-term breastfeeding and maternal cardiovascular health – JAMA Network"

PubMed (n.d.)
"Exclusive breastfeeding and reduced risk of infections – PubMed"

PubMed (n.d.)
"Breastfeeding duration and maternal risk of hypertension – PubMed"

Note:

All facts and figures were collected from sources published before 28 March 2025