Early initiation of breastfeeding, colostrum avoidance, and their associated factors among mothers with under one year old children in rural pastoralist communities of Afar, Northeast Ethiopia: a cross sectional study

• Główni autorzy: Gebretsadkan Gebremedhin Gebretsadik (Autor), Helen Tkuwab (Autor), Kidanemaryam Berhe (Autor), Afework Mulugeta (Autor), Hajira Mohammed (Autor), Abebe Gebremariam (Autor)
• Format: Książka
• Wydane: BMC, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Early initiation of breastfeeding (EIBF) is defined as initiation of breastfeeding within 1 h of birth. This is also the time colostrum is secreted with its potential benefits. Globally, two out of five under 5 children die in the first month of life, more than a third of which b...