This slide deck was part of a presentation given by RTI International and Alive & Thrive during a post-graduate course lecture at Johns Hopkins University on January 25, 2024.

Despite globally accepted knowledge on the benefits of breastfeeding and the contribution of maternity entitlements to increasing rates of exclusive breastfeeding, there has been little research on how maternity or paternity leave is practiced in Nigeria, the labour force’s level of compliance, o