Early cessation of breastfeeding amongst women in South Africa: an area needing urgent attention to improve child health
- Doherty, Tanya
- Sanders, David
- Jackson, Debra
- Swanevelder, Sonja
- Lombard, Carl
- Zembe, Wanga
- Chopra, Mickey
- Goga, Ameena
- Colvin, Mark
- Fadnes, Lars T.
- Engebretsen, Ingunn M.S.
- Ekström, Eva-Charlotte
- Tylleskär, Thorkild
DOIAbstract
Breastfeeding is a critical component of interventions to reduce child mortality. Exclusive breastfeeding practice is extremely low in South Africa and there has been no improvement in this over the past ten years largely due to fears of HIV transmission. Early cessation of breastfeeding has been found to have negative effects on child morbidity and survival in several studies in Africa. This paper reports on determinants of early breastfeeding cessation among women in South Africa.Swedish International Development Cooperation AgencyNational Research Foundation (NRF) of South Afric
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