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

• Main Authors: Dr. Marcel Yotebieng, MD (Author), Miriam Labbok, MD (Author), Heidi M Soeters, PhD (Author), Jean Lambert Chalachala, MD (Author), Bruno Lapika, PhD (Author), Bineti S Vitta, PhD (Author), Frieda Behets, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...