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

• Hoofdauteurs: Gebretsadkan Gebremedhin Gebretsadik (Auteur), Helen Tkuwab (Auteur), Kidanemaryam Berhe (Auteur), Afework Mulugeta (Auteur), Hajira Mohammed (Auteur), Abebe Gebremariam (Auteur)
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• Gepubliceerd in: 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...