Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies

A McFadden, A Gavine, MJ Renfrew… - Cochrane database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background There is extensive evidence of important health risks for infants and mothers
related to not breastfeeding. In 2003, the World Health Organization recommended that …

Addressing barriers to exclusive breast-feeding in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review and programmatic implications

JA Kavle, E LaCroix, H Dau, C Engmann - Public health nutrition, 2017 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveDespite numerous global initiatives on breast-feeding, trend data show exclusive
breast-feeding (EBF) rates have stagnated over the last two decades. The purpose of the …

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and its associated factors among children age 6-24 months in Burao district, Somaliland

A Jama, H Gebreyesus, T Wubayehu… - International …, 2020 - Springer
Background Adequate nutrition during early childhood ensures growth and development of
children and breast milk is better than any other products given to a child. However, studies …

Effect of inappropriate complementary feeding practices on the nutritional status of children aged 6-24 months in urban Moshi, Northern Tanzania: Cohort study

R Masuke, SE Msuya, JM Mahande, EJ Diarz… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Childhood undernutrition is a major public health problem especially in low and
middle-income countries (LMIC). The prevalence of early introduction of complementary …

Evidence of a double burden of malnutrition in urban poor settings in Nairobi, Kenya

EW Kimani-Murage, SK Muthuri, SO Oti, MK Mutua… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Many low-and middle-income countries are undergoing a nutrition transition
associated with rapid social and economic transitions. We explore the coexistence of over …

Appropriate complementary feeding practices and associated factors among mothers of children age 6–23 months in Southern Ethiopia, 2015

T Kassa, B Meshesha, Y Haji, J Ebrahim - BMC pediatrics, 2016 - Springer
Background Poor complementary feeding of children aged 6–23 months contributes to the
characteristics negative growth trends and deaths observed in developing countries …

Exclusive breastfeeding and its effect on growth of Malawian infants: results from a cross-sectional study

J Kuchenbecker, I Jordan, A Reinbott… - Paediatrics and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: For the optimal nutrition of children under 2 years of age, it is considered
important that they be exclusively breastfed for the first 6 months before being given …

Breastfeeding practices and determinants of exclusive breastfeeding in a cross-sectional study at a child welfare clinic in Tema Manhean, Ghana

BYA Asare, JV Preko, D Baafi… - International …, 2018 - Springer
Background Exclusive breastfeeding is important for child health and growth, but its practice
is low in many developing countries. This study aimed at determining the breastfeeding …

Sociocultural factors influencing breastfeeding practices in two slums in Nairobi, Kenya

M Wanjohi, P Griffiths, F Wekesah, P Muriuki… - International …, 2016 - Springer
Background Despite numerous interventions promoting optimal breastfeeding practices in
Kenya, pockets of suboptimal breastfeeding practices are documented in Kenya's urban …

Prevalence of key breastfeeding indicators in 29 sub-Saharan African countries: a meta-analysis of demographic and health surveys (2010–2015)

AI Issaka, KE Agho, AMN Renzaho - BMJ open, 2017 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To carry out a meta-analysis to assess the prevalence of four key breastfeeding
indicators in four subregions of 29 sub-Saharan African countries. Design, settings and …