Exclusive breastfeeding: Measurement to match the global recommendation

• Main Authors: Silvia Alayón (Author), Veronica Varela (Author), Altrena Mukuria‐Ashe (Author), Jeniece Alvey (Author), Erin Milner (Author), Sarah Pedersen (Author), Jennifer Yourkavitch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract The World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) recommend exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months of life. To estimate the proportion of infants that are exclusively breastfed, many agencies use the point prevalence of EBF among infants curr...