Differences between international recommendations on breastfeeding in the presence of HIV and the attitudes and counselling messages of health workers in Lilongwe, Malawi

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 1, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Piwoz, Ellen G ^a   Ferguson, Yvonne Owens ^b   Bentley, Margaret E ^b   Corneli, Amy L ^b   Moses, Agnes ^c   Nkhoma, Jacqueline ^c   Tohill, Beth Carlton ^d   Mtimuni, Beatrice ^e   Ahmed, Yusuf ^d   Jamieson, Denise J ^d   van der Horst, Charles ^b   Kazembe, Peter ^f   Adair, Linda ^g   Albrecth, Sandra ^g   Alt Khaled, Mounir ^g   Bangdiwala, Kant ^g   Bayer, Ronald ^g   Butera, Sal ^g   Chigwenembe, Joseph ^g   Chilongozi, David ^g   Chiudzu, Grace ^g   Cole, Ann ^g   Corbett, Amanda ^g   Duerr, Ann ^g   Eliya, Henry ^g   Fiscuss, Susan ^g   Galvin, Shannon ^g   Heilig, Chad ^g   Hoffman, Irving ^g   Hooten, Elizabeth ^g   Hsiao, Tien ^g   Hurst, Stacey ^g   Joaki, George ^g   Jones, David ^g   Kamanga, Gift ^g   Kamthunzi, Portia ^g   Kanyama, Cecilia ^g   Kashuba, Angela ^g   Kathyola, Dansom ^g   Knight, Rod ^g   Krysiak, Robert ^g   Loeliger, Edde ^g   Luhanga, Misheck ^g   Maida, Alice ^g   Martinson, Francis ^g   Mayers, Douglas ^g   Mayuni, Isabel ^g   McDonough, Marita ^g   Merry, Ceppei ^g   Msungama, Wezi ^g   Multa, Jane ^g   Mwansambo, Charles ^g   Mwapasa, Gerald ^g   Pendame, Richard ^g   Raines, Byron ^g   Ryan, Mairin ^g   Shugars, Diane ^g   Sichali, Dorothy ^g   Steens, Jean Marc ^g   Tegha, Gerald ^g   Tembo, Martin ^g   Thomas, Roshan ^g   Waalberg, Esther ^g   Zimba, Chifundo ^g   more..

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e LILONGWE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Malawi)

^f KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^g NONE

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EID: 33751302191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-1-2     Document Type: Article

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