Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programme to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in DR Congo: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding programme to promote early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding in DR Congo: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

Background: Optimisation of breastfeeding practices could reduce high mortality rates in children younger than 5 years, but in DR Congo, despite near-universal breastfeeding initiation and nine of ten children still breastfeeding at 1 year of age, exclusivity remains a difficulty. We assessed the ef...

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Main Authors: Dr. Marcel Yotebieng, MD, Miriam Labbok, MD, Heidi M Soeters, PhD, Jean Lambert Chalachala, MD, Bruno Lapika, PhD, Bineti S Vitta, PhD, Frieda Behets, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-09-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X15000121

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