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Infant feeding counseling and knowledge are the key determinants of prelacteal feeding among HIV exposed infants attending public hospitals in Ethiopia

BACKGROUND: Despite the fact that breastfeeding promotes optimal health and growth for infants and young children, inappropriate feeding practice, such as prelacteal feeding increases the risk of neonatal death and illness and remains a public health problem in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study assess...

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Autores principales: Yenit, Melaku Kindie, Genetu, Haregewoyn, Tariku, Amare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5439130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28536653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13690-017-0191-y