At the gathering of Pharmacists in Uyo, Reload Multivitamin was
acknowledged to have achieved the standard of World Health
Organisation by Professor of Paediatrics University of Calabar,
Emmanuel Eyo Ekanem.
He said the most crucial thing about Reload Multivitamin Syrup is that
it meets the World Health Organisation (WHO) criteria for micro-
nutrients and vitamin mixes for optimum intellectual and neurological
development of the child.
The new infant multivitamin drop and syrup are formulated with an
enriching taste to reduce the chances of nutritional deficiency in kids.
Also speaking at the 87th Annual National Conference of the
Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, the Chief Operating Officer,
Pharmacy Plus Ltd, Mr. Obi Chukwuemeka said the Reload Liquid Range
comes in three different types: Reload Tonic which helps recuperating
children as well as the Reload Kidz Syrup and Reload Infant Drops that
have been scientifically formulated to enhance a healthy diet and help
ensure that kids get the nutrition they need every day.
He said, “Nutrients play a crucial role in helping children live and grow
healthy. It is often difficult for them to get all the nutrition they
need through diet alone. Likewise, it can be challenging to find a
multivitamin that tastes good enough for them to take every day.
“Reload Tonic, Reload Kidz syrup and Reload Infant Drops are tasty
liquid multivitamin supplements that kids like to take. Because they are
liquid, these supplements are quickly and easily absorbed by the body,
greatly reducing the likelihood of nutritional deficiency.”
In his address titled ‘The Role of Trace Elements and Vitamins in
Neurocognitive and Immunological Development in Childhood,’
Professor Ekanem lamented that almost half of the children in Nigeria
have one form of macro-or micronutrient deficiencies.
He said, “There are certain nutrients we call micro nutrients. These
nutrients required in small quantity are very important for the
intellectual development of the child and for the development of the
child to resist infection.
“The very important ones are Vitamin A, D, Iron, Zinc, Iodine and
vitamin B group, etc. When these things are deficient in the child, the
effect will show in the child intellectual development and cause poor
attention which will make the child not able to concentrate in school.
“People may think that the child is a naughty child but the child may
just be deficient in iron. The same goes for a number of other
nutrients like zinc required for the intellectual development and the
development of the child's immune system.
“So the child must be replete or must be supplied with these nutrients
very early in life. Breast milk will always be the best to supply
nutrients in the first six months of life but we must add these
nutrients to the other feeds of the child as the child grows up.
“The first two years of life are critically important. But if you miss
that window period, the intellectual deficiency will continue into its
adolescence and adult life. Therefore, we need as recommended by
World Health Organisation, Micro nutrients and vitamin mixes that will
supply the Nigerian child these micro nutrients in adequate quantity,”
he said.
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