Early initiation of breastfeeding and severe illness in the early newborn period: An observational study in rural Bangladesh.
<h4>Background</h4>In Bangladesh, neonatal sepsis is the cause of 24% of neonatal deaths, over 65% of which occur in the early-newborn stage (0-6 days). Only 50% of newborns in Bangladesh initiated breastfeeding within 1 hour of birth. The mechanism by which early initiation of breastfee...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002904 |