Mr Tunji Johnson, a Team Lead, Monitoring and Evaluation, Postpartum Support Network Africa, says one in seven nursing mothers are suffering from the postpartum depression.
Johnson spoke on the sidelines of a conference on “Work and Emotional Balance’’ in Lagos.
The conference was organised by Accrossall, a training and social development organisation, on Saturday.
Wikipaedia, the free encyclopaedia describes Postpartum depression (PPD), also called postnatal depression, as “a type of mood disorder associated with childbirth which can affect both sexes.
According to Johnson, there are no measures in place in the nation’s health institutions to address the issue of post-partum depression in mothers.
“Children born by women that have post-partum depression have the tendency to exhibit behavioural problems when they become adults.
“In this part of the…
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