Early Initiation and Exclusivity of Breastfeeding in Rural Zimbabwe: Impact of a Breastfeeding Intervention Delivered by Village Health Workers

BACKGROUND: Suboptimal breastfeeding contributes to >800,000 global child deaths annually. Optimal breastfeeding includes early initiation (EI) and exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 mo. OBJECTIVES: We tested the hypothesis that an intervention targeting context and infant age-specific...

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Published in:Curr Dev Nutr
Main Authors: Mbuya, Mduduzi N N, Matare, Cynthia R, Tavengwa, Naume V, Chasekwa, Bernard, Ntozini, Robert, Majo, Florence D, Chigumira, Ancikaria, Chasokela, Cynthia M Z, Prendergast, Andrew J, Moulton, Lawrence H, Stoltzfus, Rebecca J, Humphrey, Jean H
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Oxford University Press 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6438822/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30937421
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzy092
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