Scaling-up exclusive breastfeeding support programmes: The example of KwaZulu-Natal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Desmond, Chris ^a   Bland, Ruth M ^b,c   Boyce, Gerard ^a   Coovadia, Hoosen M ^b   Coutsoudis, Anna ^b   Rollins, Nigel ^b   Newell, Marie Louise ^b,d  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CHILD HEALTH; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; COST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 49649083341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002454     Document Type: Article

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