The benefits of breastfeeding go beyond nutrition. In as much as it contains the vitamins and nutrients your baby needs in the early months of life, it is packed with disease-fighting substances that protect your baby from illness both at an early stage and later years.

It is important to know that, exclusive breastfeeding for six months offers protection to your child against various diseases, e.g. lower respiratory illnesses, ear infections, stomach infections, meningitis Etc.

Children who were not breastfed have a 20 percent lower risk of dying between the ages of 28 days and 1 year than children who were not breastfed.

Benefits of Breastfeeding for you and your baby
1. Your breast milk is specially meant for your baby: Your body system responds to pathogens (virus and bacteria) that are in your body and allows immunity that is specific to those pathogens, creating protection for your baby based on whatever you're exposed to.

2. Breastfeeding can decrease your baby's risk of some childhood cancers, while the mother will have a lower risk of premenopausal breast cancer and ovarian cancer.