Breastfeeding and ‘COVID Phenomenon’: Demystifying the innovative conceptual coinage in human development and sustainable development
The recent Publication on ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’ is exciting [1]! It disposed the ‘Devastatingly Transmuting Pandemic’: ‘Biggest Threat’ to Health/ Well-being, Social Welfare and Global Economy. Previous ‘Communications’ similarly unearthed these ‘Pandemic Unprecedented Global Impact’ [2-5]! Interestingly, the ‘Exciting Article’ envisioned, from the ‘Pandemic’: ‘We may emerge with healthier respect for the environment and our common humanity’ with crystallized ‘Positives-Benefits’ vide infra:
1. ‘Health now the basis for Wealth’-‘Health now regarded over Economy’ (Reversal of ‘Economy first over Health’/ ‘Neoliberalism’)! ‘Health Space’ is now transmuting into a ‘Global Order’!!
2. Global Health/ No longer defined by Western Nations; Must also be guided by ‘Successes-Experience’ from Asian-South Asian Countries (China-South Korea-Hong Kong-Taiwan-Singapore)/ African Countries (‘Ebola Crisis Control-Interventions’)!
3. Citizens hold Governments ‘Accountable’ re: ‘Pandemic Response’ compared with ‘Asian-African Signposts’!
4. Several ‘Determinant Bodies’ have ‘Rescue Interventions’: World Bank, IMF, EU (Eurozone Debt Instrument-‘Corona Bonds’), G20, G7 etc!
5. Countries-‘Lockdowns-Social Safety Nets’!
6. International Solidarity (‘Soft Power’-‘Diplomatic Code’) superior to ‘Isolationism’; ‘Globalization’ over ‘Nationalism’!
8. UN Security Council-‘Pandemic’: No ‘Threat to World Peace and Security’ yet!
9. Media Information Explosion, ‘COVID-19 Infodemic’, requires ‘Stepped-up World Health Literacy’!
10. The World-‘Cosmopolitan Moments’: ‘Creation of ‘Crisis-induced Policy-Space’ with new ‘Actors’-‘Processes’ for ‘Change’ and ‘Mind-set Shift’ with ‘Political Commitment’ to an ‘Issue’’; Global Institutions-Mechanisms, previously resisted, are now ‘Circumstantially Introduced’ and are ‘Alive-Active’ [6]!
These ‘COVID-19 Pandemic Positives’ confirm: Not all doom! Also disposed recently: ‘Sustainability Challenges’-‘Pandemic Benefits’ [7]!! The ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ is a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’: ‘Any ‘Occurrence’ significantly impacting on virtually ALL ‘Aspects of Human Existence-Development’ whether ‘Positively’ and/ or ‘Negatively’’ [8]! Emphasized: ‘Impacting Significantly on Virtually ALL Aspects of Human Existence-Development’ for ‘Occurrence’ as ‘COVID PHENOMENON’!! What constitutes ‘Virtually ALL Aspects of Human Existence-Development’? In September 2015, UN adopted ’17 Integrated SDGs’ for ‘Sustainable Development’ denominated in ‘Social’-‘Economic’-‘Environmental’ Aspects concerning ‘People’-‘Planet’-‘Prosperity’-‘Peace’-‘Partnerships’ [9]! So ‘Virtually ALL Aspects’ implies ‘At least ALL 17 SDGs’ or ‘At least 70% of the 17 SDGs with ‘Possible Other Aspects-Spheres (At least 12 SDGs with ‘Others’)’! Again reiterated: ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ applies to ‘Positive’ and/ or ‘Negative’ ‘Occurrences’!! To recapitulate, while ‘COVID’ is an ‘Acronym-Alphabetism-Initialism’ from ‘COronaVIrus Disease (COVID)’, the ‘COVID’ in ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ is etymologically: ‘Anachronym’ from ‘Acronym COVID’ [8]! Indicated previously: ‘Anachronym-Anachronymous Concept’ MUST not be misconceived with ‘Homophonous Anacronym-Anacronymous Concept’ [8]!
The ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ is a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ with ‘Positive and Negative Impacts on Human Existence-Development’ [1, 3,4, 7,8,10,11]! The ‘Pandemic Optics’-‘Famous Film’: ‘The Good’-‘The Bad’-‘The Ugly’!! Breastfeeding, as ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ in a ‘Conceptual-Intellectual-Contextual-Technical Contraption’, was to ‘DEMYSTIFY COVID PHENOMENON’ [8]!!! WABA ‘2016 WBW Theme’ was ‘Breastfeeding: A Key to Sustainable Development’. Breastfeeding, a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’, impacts significantly on ‘ALL 17 SDGs’!! A ‘Tantalizing Teaser’ of ‘Breastfeeding-SDGs Nexus’:
2. SDG2: Zero Hunger; EBF-OBF Dyad assures ‘Food Security’-‘Perfect Start in Human Nutrition’! Breastmilk: Most ‘Nutrient- and Energy-dense’ Food with highest ‘Bioavailability’!
3. SDG3: Good Health and Well-being; With Breastmilk ‘Nutrient Content-Composition’, ‘Optimal Holistic Health’ is assured. Breastmilk: ‘Living Food’-‘Dynamic Composition’; Protects against Infections-First warm ‘Immunization’ (‘Anti-Infective Factors’)!
5. SDG5: Gender Equality; The EBF-OBF Dyad is for ALL; Not Discriminatory!
6. SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation; With EBF, ‘No Water intake for first six months of life’-‘No Water for Formula Reconstitution’! No ‘Hygiene-Sanitation Issues’ with ‘Formula Reconstitution’-‘Feeding Utensils’!
7. SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy; No ‘Energy Consumption’ for ‘Feeding Utensils Sterilization’/ ‘Firewood Burning’ re: Water-‘Formula Reconstitution’!
8. SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; EBF-OBF Dyad offers Mothers gainful ‘Optimal Child Care’; Fathers too: ‘Holistic Family Care’! ‘Healthy Happy Breastfeeding Mothers’: More ‘Productive at Work’! EBF-OBF Dyad protects against Malnutrition and guarantees ‘Healthier Economically-Productive Adults’!
9. SDG9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; EBF-OBF Dyad: ‘Industry and Infrastructure’ more ‘Eco-friendly’ and ‘Innovation’ in facilitating ‘Infant-Friendly Community Initiative (IFCI)’ [12]!
10. SDG10: Reduced Inequalities; EBF-OBF Dyad for Babies and gainful employment of their Mothers: No Discrimination! Breastfeeding Working Mothers have ‘ILO-approved Workplace Maternity Entitlements’!!
11. SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; EBF-OBF Dyad supports ‘Resilience’: Good for ‘Sustainable Cities-Communities’-‘Population Diversity’!
12. SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production; Production and Consumption of Human Breastmilk is the ‘Most Responsible Human Undertaking’: ‘Optimal Production and Utilization’ of a ‘Nation’s Natural Resource’! EBF-OBF Dyad is a ‘Low-cost High-impact Child Survival Intervention’!!
13. SDG13: Climate Action; EBF-OBF Dyad is ‘Eco-Friendly’ as Breastmilk is produced naturally. No ‘Wastes’ are generated. The ‘Industry Production’-‘Corporate Transportation’ of ‘Breastmilk Substitutes’ contribute ‘Atmosphere-polluting Emissions’ compounding ‘Climate Change’! EBF-OBF Dyad is a ‘Baby- and Environment-Friendly Initiative (BEFI)’ [13]!!
14. SDG14: Life below Water; The ‘Industrial Emissions’ from ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Production-Transportation’ also threaten ‘Aquatic Life’ with ‘Eutrophication’! ‘Formula-Feeding Disposable Plastics’ also threaten ‘Aquatic Health and Life’; EBF-OBF Dyad is ‘Aquatic Life-friendly’!!
15. SDG15: Life on Land; The extensive ‘Animal Grazing’ for ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Production’ contributes to Desertification-Flooding-Erosion affecting ‘Healthy Life on Land’-‘Conservation of Population Diversity’! ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Transportation’ also contributes to ‘Air Pollution’ threatening ‘Life on Land’!!
16. SDG16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions; Infants who are ‘Products’ of ‘EBF-OBF Dyad’ become ‘Adequate Adult Personalities’ with ‘Robust Integral Human Formation’ and beget ‘Stable Peaceful Intelligent Personalities’ for ‘World Leadership’ with ‘Envisioned Guaranteed World Peace and Justice’!! Such ‘Stable Educated World Leaders’ assure ‘Strong Institutions’ for Sustainable World Peace and Development!!
17. SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals; With the ‘EBF-OBF Dyad’-‘SDGs’ Nexus, several ‘Multi-Sectoral Programmatic Canopies’ exist for ‘Collaborations-Partnerships’. Also, several ‘Conferences-Summits-Conventions-Meetings Agenda’ list ‘Breastfeeding Issues’ for ‘Multi-Sectoral Partnerships’! Breastfeeding facilitates ‘Global Collaborations-Partnerships’: Governments-Private Sectors-NGOs-CSOs-Individuals!!
Breastfeeding is an ‘Intervention’ replete with illimitable ‘Positive Impacts-Benefits’ in ALL ‘Sustainable Development Dimensions’ (Social-Economic-Environmental) and ‘Human Existential-Developmental Domains’! It is purposely presented as a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ to ‘DEMYSTIFY’ the possible ‘Morbid Possibilities/ Fixations’ conjured by the ‘Acronym COVID’ from the ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ and to reinforce the ‘Anachronym COVID’ as an ‘Innovative Etymological Lexicographic Coinage’ reflecting the ‘Occurrence’ with a ‘Huge Unprecedented Extraordinarily Impactful Human Existential-Developmental Reality’! The ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ MUST not connote ‘Disaster-Devastation’!! It may, in fact, illuminate ‘Hope for Humanity’ [1,7,8]!! Breastfeeding is, indeed, a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’!!!
REFERENCES
1. Kickbusch I, Leung GM, Bhutta ZA, Matsoso MP, Ihekweazu C, Abbasi K. Covid-19: how a virus is turnin the world upside down. BMJ 2020; 369:m1336 of 3rd April 2020
2. Godlee Godlee F. COVID-19: Weathering the storm. BMJ 2020; 368:m1199 of 26th March 2020
3. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-10 of 31st March 2020
4. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-13 of 2nd April 2020
5. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-16 of 5th April 2020
6. Kickbusch I. Governing the global health security domain. 2016. https://www.ilonakickbusch.com/kickbusch-wAssets/docs/working-paper-12-w... Accessed 10th April 2020
7. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The daunting challenges of assuring sustainable benefits from weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-14 of 8th April 2020
8. Eregie C. O. COVID Phenomenon: An innovative conceptual coinage in human development and sustainable development in the 21st Century. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-17 of 9th April 2020
9. UNDP. Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.... Accessed 6th April 2020
10. SDG Index. SDSN Public Opinion Survey: Covid-19 Impacts on the SDGs. https://www.unsdsn.org/sdsn-survey-on-covid-19-impacts-on-the-sdgs of 31st March 2020
11. UNDP. Coronavirus disease COVID-19 Pandemic: Humanity needs leadership and solidarity to defeat the coronavirus. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/coronavirus.html Accessed 6th April 2020
12. Eregie C. O. Consultancy Report on UNICEF Special Service Agreement for the Celebration of the 1996 World Breastfeeding Week, June –September. UNICEF Nigeria. Lagos, 1996.
13. Eregie C. O. Baby-and Environment-Friendly Initiative (BEFI): A Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development. International Child Health. 1998: January issue (In press)
Professor Charles Osayande Eregie,
MBBS, FWACP, FMCPaed, FRCPCH (UK), Cert. ORT (Oxford), MSc (Religious Education),
Professor of Child Health and Neonatology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria and
Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
UNICEF-Trained BFHI Master Trainer and ICDC-Trained in Code Implementation.
*Technical Expert/ Consultant on the FMOH-UNICEF-NAFDAC Code Implementation Project in Nigeria.
*No Competing Interests.
Competing interests:
No competing interests
12 April 2020
CHARLES OSAYANDE EREGIE
MEDICAL DOCTOR
Professor of Child Health and Neonatology, University of Benin and Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria. Also, UNICEF-Trained BFHI Master Trainer and ICDC-Trained in Code Implementaion. Also a Technical Expert/ Consultant on FMOH-UNICEF-NAFDAC Project on Code Implementation in Nigeria
Institute of Child Health, College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria.
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Breastfeeding and ‘COVID Phenomenon’: Demystifying the innovative conceptual coinage in human development and sustainable development
The recent Publication on ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’ is exciting [1]! It disposed the ‘Devastatingly Transmuting Pandemic’: ‘Biggest Threat’ to Health/ Well-being, Social Welfare and Global Economy. Previous ‘Communications’ similarly unearthed these ‘Pandemic Unprecedented Global Impact’ [2-5]! Interestingly, the ‘Exciting Article’ envisioned, from the ‘Pandemic’: ‘We may emerge with healthier respect for the environment and our common humanity’ with crystallized ‘Positives-Benefits’ vide infra:
1. ‘Health now the basis for Wealth’-‘Health now regarded over Economy’ (Reversal of ‘Economy first over Health’/ ‘Neoliberalism’)! ‘Health Space’ is now transmuting into a ‘Global Order’!!
2. Global Health/ No longer defined by Western Nations; Must also be guided by ‘Successes-Experience’ from Asian-South Asian Countries (China-South Korea-Hong Kong-Taiwan-Singapore)/ African Countries (‘Ebola Crisis Control-Interventions’)!
3. Citizens hold Governments ‘Accountable’ re: ‘Pandemic Response’ compared with ‘Asian-African Signposts’!
4. Several ‘Determinant Bodies’ have ‘Rescue Interventions’: World Bank, IMF, EU (Eurozone Debt Instrument-‘Corona Bonds’), G20, G7 etc!
5. Countries-‘Lockdowns-Social Safety Nets’!
6. International Solidarity (‘Soft Power’-‘Diplomatic Code’) superior to ‘Isolationism’; ‘Globalization’ over ‘Nationalism’!
7. WHO-‘2018-2019 Ebola Lessons’-‘COVID-19 Pandemic’: ‘Improved Performance’; ‘Inadequate Mandate-Funding Politics’ requires ‘Timeous Attention’!
8. UN Security Council-‘Pandemic’: No ‘Threat to World Peace and Security’ yet!
9. Media Information Explosion, ‘COVID-19 Infodemic’, requires ‘Stepped-up World Health Literacy’!
10. The World-‘Cosmopolitan Moments’: ‘Creation of ‘Crisis-induced Policy-Space’ with new ‘Actors’-‘Processes’ for ‘Change’ and ‘Mind-set Shift’ with ‘Political Commitment’ to an ‘Issue’’; Global Institutions-Mechanisms, previously resisted, are now ‘Circumstantially Introduced’ and are ‘Alive-Active’ [6]!
These ‘COVID-19 Pandemic Positives’ confirm: Not all doom! Also disposed recently: ‘Sustainability Challenges’-‘Pandemic Benefits’ [7]!! The ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ is a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’: ‘Any ‘Occurrence’ significantly impacting on virtually ALL ‘Aspects of Human Existence-Development’ whether ‘Positively’ and/ or ‘Negatively’’ [8]! Emphasized: ‘Impacting Significantly on Virtually ALL Aspects of Human Existence-Development’ for ‘Occurrence’ as ‘COVID PHENOMENON’!! What constitutes ‘Virtually ALL Aspects of Human Existence-Development’? In September 2015, UN adopted ’17 Integrated SDGs’ for ‘Sustainable Development’ denominated in ‘Social’-‘Economic’-‘Environmental’ Aspects concerning ‘People’-‘Planet’-‘Prosperity’-‘Peace’-‘Partnerships’ [9]! So ‘Virtually ALL Aspects’ implies ‘At least ALL 17 SDGs’ or ‘At least 70% of the 17 SDGs with ‘Possible Other Aspects-Spheres (At least 12 SDGs with ‘Others’)’! Again reiterated: ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ applies to ‘Positive’ and/ or ‘Negative’ ‘Occurrences’!! To recapitulate, while ‘COVID’ is an ‘Acronym-Alphabetism-Initialism’ from ‘COronaVIrus Disease (COVID)’, the ‘COVID’ in ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ is etymologically: ‘Anachronym’ from ‘Acronym COVID’ [8]! Indicated previously: ‘Anachronym-Anachronymous Concept’ MUST not be misconceived with ‘Homophonous Anacronym-Anacronymous Concept’ [8]!
The ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ is a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ with ‘Positive and Negative Impacts on Human Existence-Development’ [1, 3,4, 7,8,10,11]! The ‘Pandemic Optics’-‘Famous Film’: ‘The Good’-‘The Bad’-‘The Ugly’!! Breastfeeding, as ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ in a ‘Conceptual-Intellectual-Contextual-Technical Contraption’, was to ‘DEMYSTIFY COVID PHENOMENON’ [8]!!! WABA ‘2016 WBW Theme’ was ‘Breastfeeding: A Key to Sustainable Development’. Breastfeeding, a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’, impacts significantly on ‘ALL 17 SDGs’!! A ‘Tantalizing Teaser’ of ‘Breastfeeding-SDGs Nexus’:
1. SDG1: No Poverty; Breastfeeding, ‘Exclusive Breastfeeding (EBF)-Optimal Breastfeeding (OBF) Dyad’, galvanizes Optimal Resource Utilization-Reduces Poverty!
2. SDG2: Zero Hunger; EBF-OBF Dyad assures ‘Food Security’-‘Perfect Start in Human Nutrition’! Breastmilk: Most ‘Nutrient- and Energy-dense’ Food with highest ‘Bioavailability’!
3. SDG3: Good Health and Well-being; With Breastmilk ‘Nutrient Content-Composition’, ‘Optimal Holistic Health’ is assured. Breastmilk: ‘Living Food’-‘Dynamic Composition’; Protects against Infections-First warm ‘Immunization’ (‘Anti-Infective Factors’)!
4. SDG4: Quality Education; ‘Breastmilk Contents’ (Phosphoethanolamine-Taurine-Epidermal Growth Factor) facilitate Optimal ‘Brain Growth-Development’-Intelligence Quotient/ ‘School Readiness-Performance’
5. SDG5: Gender Equality; The EBF-OBF Dyad is for ALL; Not Discriminatory!
6. SDG6: Clean Water and Sanitation; With EBF, ‘No Water intake for first six months of life’-‘No Water for Formula Reconstitution’! No ‘Hygiene-Sanitation Issues’ with ‘Formula Reconstitution’-‘Feeding Utensils’!
7. SDG7: Affordable and Clean Energy; No ‘Energy Consumption’ for ‘Feeding Utensils Sterilization’/ ‘Firewood Burning’ re: Water-‘Formula Reconstitution’!
8. SDG8: Decent Work and Economic Growth; EBF-OBF Dyad offers Mothers gainful ‘Optimal Child Care’; Fathers too: ‘Holistic Family Care’! ‘Healthy Happy Breastfeeding Mothers’: More ‘Productive at Work’! EBF-OBF Dyad protects against Malnutrition and guarantees ‘Healthier Economically-Productive Adults’!
9. SDG9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; EBF-OBF Dyad: ‘Industry and Infrastructure’ more ‘Eco-friendly’ and ‘Innovation’ in facilitating ‘Infant-Friendly Community Initiative (IFCI)’ [12]!
10. SDG10: Reduced Inequalities; EBF-OBF Dyad for Babies and gainful employment of their Mothers: No Discrimination! Breastfeeding Working Mothers have ‘ILO-approved Workplace Maternity Entitlements’!!
11. SDG11: Sustainable Cities and Communities; EBF-OBF Dyad supports ‘Resilience’: Good for ‘Sustainable Cities-Communities’-‘Population Diversity’!
12. SDG12: Responsible Consumption and Production; Production and Consumption of Human Breastmilk is the ‘Most Responsible Human Undertaking’: ‘Optimal Production and Utilization’ of a ‘Nation’s Natural Resource’! EBF-OBF Dyad is a ‘Low-cost High-impact Child Survival Intervention’!!
13. SDG13: Climate Action; EBF-OBF Dyad is ‘Eco-Friendly’ as Breastmilk is produced naturally. No ‘Wastes’ are generated. The ‘Industry Production’-‘Corporate Transportation’ of ‘Breastmilk Substitutes’ contribute ‘Atmosphere-polluting Emissions’ compounding ‘Climate Change’! EBF-OBF Dyad is a ‘Baby- and Environment-Friendly Initiative (BEFI)’ [13]!!
14. SDG14: Life below Water; The ‘Industrial Emissions’ from ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Production-Transportation’ also threaten ‘Aquatic Life’ with ‘Eutrophication’! ‘Formula-Feeding Disposable Plastics’ also threaten ‘Aquatic Health and Life’; EBF-OBF Dyad is ‘Aquatic Life-friendly’!!
15. SDG15: Life on Land; The extensive ‘Animal Grazing’ for ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Production’ contributes to Desertification-Flooding-Erosion affecting ‘Healthy Life on Land’-‘Conservation of Population Diversity’! ‘Breastmilk Substitutes Transportation’ also contributes to ‘Air Pollution’ threatening ‘Life on Land’!!
16. SDG16: Peace and Justice, Strong Institutions; Infants who are ‘Products’ of ‘EBF-OBF Dyad’ become ‘Adequate Adult Personalities’ with ‘Robust Integral Human Formation’ and beget ‘Stable Peaceful Intelligent Personalities’ for ‘World Leadership’ with ‘Envisioned Guaranteed World Peace and Justice’!! Such ‘Stable Educated World Leaders’ assure ‘Strong Institutions’ for Sustainable World Peace and Development!!
17. SDG17: Partnerships for the Goals; With the ‘EBF-OBF Dyad’-‘SDGs’ Nexus, several ‘Multi-Sectoral Programmatic Canopies’ exist for ‘Collaborations-Partnerships’. Also, several ‘Conferences-Summits-Conventions-Meetings Agenda’ list ‘Breastfeeding Issues’ for ‘Multi-Sectoral Partnerships’! Breastfeeding facilitates ‘Global Collaborations-Partnerships’: Governments-Private Sectors-NGOs-CSOs-Individuals!!
Breastfeeding is an ‘Intervention’ replete with illimitable ‘Positive Impacts-Benefits’ in ALL ‘Sustainable Development Dimensions’ (Social-Economic-Environmental) and ‘Human Existential-Developmental Domains’! It is purposely presented as a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ to ‘DEMYSTIFY’ the possible ‘Morbid Possibilities/ Fixations’ conjured by the ‘Acronym COVID’ from the ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’ and to reinforce the ‘Anachronym COVID’ as an ‘Innovative Etymological Lexicographic Coinage’ reflecting the ‘Occurrence’ with a ‘Huge Unprecedented Extraordinarily Impactful Human Existential-Developmental Reality’! The ‘COVID PHENOMENON’ MUST not connote ‘Disaster-Devastation’!! It may, in fact, illuminate ‘Hope for Humanity’ [1,7,8]!! Breastfeeding is, indeed, a ‘COVID PHENOMENON’!!!
REFERENCES
1. Kickbusch I, Leung GM, Bhutta ZA, Matsoso MP, Ihekweazu C, Abbasi K. Covid-19: how a virus is turnin the world upside down. BMJ 2020; 369:m1336 of 3rd April 2020
2. Godlee Godlee F. COVID-19: Weathering the storm. BMJ 2020; 368:m1199 of 26th March 2020
3. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-10 of 31st March 2020
4. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-13 of 2nd April 2020
5. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The difficult unresolved increasing challenges in weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-16 of 5th April 2020
6. Kickbusch I. Governing the global health security domain. 2016. https://www.ilonakickbusch.com/kickbusch-wAssets/docs/working-paper-12-w... Accessed 10th April 2020
7. Eregie C.O. COVID-19 Pandemic: The daunting challenges of assuring sustainable benefits from weathering the storm. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-14 of 8th April 2020
8. Eregie C. O. COVID Phenomenon: An innovative conceptual coinage in human development and sustainable development in the 21st Century. https://www.bmj.com/content/368/bmj.m1199/rr-17 of 9th April 2020
9. UNDP. Sustainable Development Goals. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.... Accessed 6th April 2020
10. SDG Index. SDSN Public Opinion Survey: Covid-19 Impacts on the SDGs. https://www.unsdsn.org/sdsn-survey-on-covid-19-impacts-on-the-sdgs of 31st March 2020
11. UNDP. Coronavirus disease COVID-19 Pandemic: Humanity needs leadership and solidarity to defeat the coronavirus. https://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/coronavirus.html Accessed 6th April 2020
12. Eregie C. O. Consultancy Report on UNICEF Special Service Agreement for the Celebration of the 1996 World Breastfeeding Week, June –September. UNICEF Nigeria. Lagos, 1996.
13. Eregie C. O. Baby-and Environment-Friendly Initiative (BEFI): A Strategy for Ecologically Sustainable Development. International Child Health. 1998: January issue (In press)
Professor Charles Osayande Eregie,
MBBS, FWACP, FMCPaed, FRCPCH (UK), Cert. ORT (Oxford), MSc (Religious Education),
Professor of Child Health and Neonatology, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria and
Consultant Paediatrician and Neonatologist, University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria.
UNICEF-Trained BFHI Master Trainer and ICDC-Trained in Code Implementation.
*Technical Expert/ Consultant on the FMOH-UNICEF-NAFDAC Code Implementation Project in Nigeria.
*No Competing Interests.
Competing interests: No competing interests