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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Mapping exclusive breastfeeding in Africa between 2000 and 2017
Nature Medicine, Volume 25, No. 8, Year 2019
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Description
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 mortality1–4. Despite these advantages, only 37% of infants under 6 months of age in Africa were exclusively breastfed in 20175, and the practice of EBF varies by population. Here, we present a fine-scale geospatial analysis of EBF prevalence and trends in 49 African countries from 2000–2017, providing policy-relevant administrative- and national-level estimates. Previous national-level analyses found that most countries will not meet the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target of 50% EBF prevalence by 20256. Our analyses show that even fewer will achieve this ambition in all subnational areas. Our estimates provide the ability to visualize subnational EBF variability and identify populations in need of additional breastfeeding support. © 2019, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
Available Materials
https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC6749549/bin/41591_2019_525_MOESM1_ESM.pdf
https://efashare.b-cdn.net/share/pmc/articles/PMC6749549/bin/41591_2019_525_MOESM2_ESM.pdf
Authors & Co-Authors
Bhattacharjee, Natalia V.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Schaeffer, Lauren E.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Marczak, Laurie B.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Ross, Jennifer M.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Swartz, Scott J.
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Albright, James R.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Gardner, William M.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Shields, Chloe
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Sligar, Amber
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Schipp, Megan F.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Pickering, Brandon V.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Henry, Nathaniel J.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Johnson, Kimberly B.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Cork, Michael A.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Steuben, Krista M.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Lazzar-Atwood, Alice
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Lu, Dan
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Kinyoki, Damaris K.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Osgood-Zimmerman, Aaron E.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Earl, Lucas
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Mosser, Jonathan F.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Deshpande, Aniruddha
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Burstein, Roy
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Woyczynski, Lauren P.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Wilson, Katherine F.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
VanderHeide, John David
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Wiens, Kirsten E.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Reiner, Robert Charles
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Piwoz, Ellen G.
Unknown Affiliation
Rawat, Rahul
Unknown Affiliation
Sartorius, Benn
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
United Kingdom, London
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Davis Weaver, Nicole
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Nixon, Molly R.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Smith, David L.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Kassebaum, Nicholas J.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Gakidou, Emmanuela
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Lim, Stephen S.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Mokdad, Ali H.I.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Murray, Christopher J.L.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Dwyer-Lindgren, Laura A.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Hay, Simon I.
United States, Seattle
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Statistics
Citations: 49
Authors: 41
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s41591-019-0525-0
ISSN:
10788956
Research Areas
Food Security
Health System And Policy
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study