Establishing exclusive breastfeeding among in-patient malnourished infants in a rural Kenyan hospital: mothers’ experiences of a peer supporter intervention

Abstract Background The 2013 WHO guidelines for nutritional rehabilitation of hospitalized and non-hospitalized malnourished infants under six months (u6m) recommend the re-establishment of exclusive breastfeeding. However, in most low-income settings these recommendations are not consistently appli...

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Main Authors: Jane Kahindi, Caroline Jones, James A. Berkley, Martha Mwangome
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-020-00278-9