Effectiveness of weekly cell phone counselling calls and daily text messages to improve breastfeeding indicators
Abstract Background Every year, nearly one million deaths occur due to suboptimal breastfeeding. If universally practiced, exclusive breastfeeding alone prevents 11.6% of all under 5 deaths. Among strategies to improve exclusive breastfeeding rates, counselling by peers or health workers, has proven...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-10-01
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| Series: | BMC Pediatrics |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12887-018-1308-3 |