Background: Improved breastfeeding practices can help in preventing diarrheal diseases
and malnutrition. In Ethiopia, children are still suffering from diarrheal diseases and …

Introduction: Globally 60% of the infant and young child death occurs due to the
inappropriate infants feeding practices and infectious diseases from which two-thirds the …

Background: Breastfeeding for infants and young children provides the ideal food for healthy
growth and development. Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months and …

Background-Breastfeeding and good nutrition for children are essential for achieving the
Millennium Development Goals, particularly the goals relating to child survival. Even though …

Background Optimal breastfeeding is inextricably linked to the achievement of Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, reducing child …

Back ground-The promotion and support of breastfeeding is a global priority. Vast scientific
literatures demonstrated substantial health, social and economic benefits associated with …

Background Despite the ongoing efforts to improve infant feeding practices, low rates of
breastfeeding and early introduction of complementary feeding have been reported in many …

Introduction: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has the benefits of reduced rates of infectious
morbidity and mortality. However, the EBF rate remains low worldwide including in Côte …

Breastfeeding has always been the ideal feeding practice for infants because of that it is one
of the components of Primary Health Care and considered as natural practices in Ethiopia …

Background Studies have shown that sub-optimal breastfeeding is major contributor to infant
and young child mortality in Ethiopia. To address this problem, infant and young child …