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Community based peer counsellors for support of exclusive breastfeeding: experiences from rural Uganda
BACKGROUND: Universal exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months could reduce infant mortality by 13%. Although 99% women initiate breastfeeding in Uganda, exclusive breastfeeding rates remain low. Although peer counsellors for support of breastfeeding mothers have been found useful in other c...
Autores principales: | Nankunda, Jolly, Tumwine, James K, Soltvedt, Åshild, Semiyaga, Nulu, Ndeezi, Grace, Tylleskär, Thorkild |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2006
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1626445/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17054796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-4358-1-19 |
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