Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda.

Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda.

Community based breastfeeding promotion programmes have been shown to be effective in increasing breastfeeding prevalence. However, there is limited data on the cost-effectiveness of these programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper evaluates the cost-effectiveness of a breastfeeding promotion inte...

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Main Authors:	Lumbwe Chola, Lars T Fadnes, Ingunn M S Engebretsen, Lungiswa Nkonki, Victoria Nankabirwa, Halvor Sommerfelt, James K Tumwine, Thorkild Tylleskar, Bjarne Robberstad, PROMISE-EBF Study Group
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4664391?pdf=render

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