Breastfeeding: Mothers and health practitioners in the context of private medical care in Gauteng

Despite the well-documented health benefits of breastfeeding and recommendations by the Department of Health for women to exclusively breastfeed for approximately the first six months of life and continuation beyond one year, a large percentage of South African women do not breastfeed their infants...

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Main Author: Diana du Plessis
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2009-06-01
Series:Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
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Online Access:https://hsag.co.za/index.php/hsag/article/view/437