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Mapping exclusive breastfeeding in Africa between 2000 and 2017.
Article in Nature medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 57 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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57 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence of asthma among children and adolescents in WHO's Eastern Mediterranean Region: a meta-analysis of over 0.5 million participants.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- Barriers and facilitators for early and exclusive breastfeeding in health facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.Global health research and policy · 2021Pooled it
- Understanding the Enablers and Barriers to Appropriate Infants and Young Child Feeding Practices in India: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Geospatial estimation of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health indicators: a systematic review of methodological aspects of studies based on household surveys.International journal of health geographics · 2020Pooled it
- Breastfeeding in the Community-How Can Partners/Fathers Help? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Exclusive breastfeeding policy, practice and influences in South Africa, 1980 to 2018: A mixed-methods systematic review.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- Associations between exclusive breastfeeding duration and children's developmental outcomes: Evidence from Siaya county, Kenya.PloS one · 2022Trial
- A mixed-methods investigation of infant and young child feeding practices in rural Ethiopia: integrating insights from surveys, direct observation, and qualitative research.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
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- Global, regional, and national progress towards the 2030 global nutrition targets and forecasts to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Article
- Exclusive breastfeeding determinants among healthcare professionals in Northern Ghanaian hospitals: a cross-sectional study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Comparison of infant feeding practices by maternal HIV status, and associated factors, in a rural district, South Africa 2019.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Article
- The global burden of childhood diarrheal diseases attributable to suboptimal breastfeeding from 1990 to 2021: an exploratory analysis of estimates from the global burden of disease study.International breastfeeding journal · 2025Article
- Geographical equity in Ethiopian infant feeding practices: a secondary analysis of a birth cohort study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Geospatial determinants and spatio-temporal variation of early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding in Ethiopia from 2011 to 2019, a multiscale geographically weighted regression analysis.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Mature beyond their years: young children who escape detection of parasitemia despite living in settings of intense malaria transmission.Biochemical Society transactions · 2024Review
- How did the use of the social marketing approach in Egyptian communities succeed in improving breastfeeding practices and infants' growth?BMC public health · 2024Article
- Sociocultural context of exclusive breastfeeding in Africa: A narrative review.Health science reports · 2024Review
- The Effect of Breastfeeding Practices of Undernourished Mothers in Rural Sierra Leone on Infant Growth and Mortality.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
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Abstract
Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)-giving infants only breast-milk (and medications, oral rehydration salts and vitamins as needed) with no additional food or drink for their first six months of life-is one of the most effective strategies for preventing child mortality
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