AXA Mansard observes World Breastfeeding Week
AXA Mansard, a member of AXA, the global leader in insurance and asset management, joined in the observance of the just concluded World Breastfeeding Week.
World Breastfeeding Week is observed in more than 120 countries around the world between August 1 and 7 every year to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. To commemorate World Breastfeeding Week 2019, the company held a breakfast session/ masterclass for woman at its head office in Lagos.
The event held on Tuesday, August 6 and it served as an avenue for the company to meet with various women from different works of life, engage them and educate them about breastfeeding.
Topics covered include ‘Health benefits of breastfeeding,’ ‘ Making lactation easier,’ ‘How health insurance can benefit mother and baby’ amongst others.
Speakers at the event included Motunrayo Oyemade (founder of popular Insta
gram platform – Wives and Mothers), Chinny Obinwanne (Lactation Consultant and founder of popular Instagram platforms – The Breastfeeding Doctor and Milk Booster) represented by Ifunnanya Obinwanne (a breastfeeding advocate), Omowunmi Adewusi (HR Director and Company Secretary at AXA Mansard), Olatokunbo Otitoju (Group Head of Retail Business at AXA Mansard Health Limited) and Aanu Soyoye (Head of Underwriting, Pricing & Enrolment at AXA Mansard Health).
‘The importance of breastfeeding cannot be over emphasised seeing as it not only has various benefits for a baby, it also contributes to the wellbeing of the mother,’ said Tope Adeniyi, CEO of AXA Mansard Health Limited. ‘Breast milk is the ideal food for babies. It contains all the necessary nutrients for a baby’s healthy growth, contains antibodies that help protect babies against illnesses such as pneumonia and diarrhoea and it is linked to the prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS); it is also readily available and cost effective.’
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She said, “There is the added and all-important purpose of ensuring that the gains of your participation, be these dividends, proceeds from share sales/transfers, etc. accrue to you seamlessly, without sweat and in the shortest time possible.
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She therefore advised the general public to distance themselves from such schemes, adding, “Please note that anyone that subscribes to these illegal activities does so at their own risk.”
She also informed investors that the SEC was currently leading the entire capital market industry in an effort to migrate all shareholders to an e-dividend regime.