Work and breast milk feeding: a qualitative exploration of the experience of lactating mothers working in ready made garments factories in urban Bangladesh

• Main Authors: A M Rumayan Hasan (Author), George Smith (Author), Mohammad Abdus Selim (Author), Shahinoor Akter (Author), Nazib Uz Zaman Khan (Author), Tamanna Sharmin (Author), Sabrina Rasheed (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background In Bangladesh 65% of children under 6 months of age were exclusively breastfed with maternal employment being a risk factor that has jeopardized exclusive breastfeeding. As Ready Made Garment (RMG) factories have been the largest employer of low income women in Bangladesh, the ob...