The annual cost of not breastfeeding in Indonesia: the economic burden of treating diarrhea and respiratory disease among children (< 24mo) due to not breastfeeding according to recommendation

Abstract Background In Indonesia, 96% of children (< 24mo) are breastfed. However, only 42% of children (< 6mo) are exclusively breastfed, as per World Health Organization recommendations. Breastfeeding provides protective benefits such as reducing the risk of morbidity and mortality associate...

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Main Authors: Adiatma Y. M. Siregar, Pipit Pitriyan, Dylan Walters
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:International Breastfeeding Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-018-0152-2