Practices and Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding among Young Mothers Attending a Secondary Health Care Facility - A Cross Sectional Study

The benefits of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) cannot be over emphasized, especially in a country like India, where nearly 600,000 newborns die within 28 days of their birth every year while only 54.9% infants are exclusively breast fed. Lives of 820,000 children under-five, could be saved if al...

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Main Authors: Hemant Kumar, Ruchita Satish Gaonkar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research 2020-08-01
Series:Athens Journal of Health and Medical Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.athensjournals.gr/health/2020-7-3-4-Kumar.pdf