The difficulty with responding to policy changes for HIV and infant feeding in Malawi

International Breastfeeding Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chinkonde, Jacqueline R ^a   Sundby, Johanne ^a   de Paoli, Marina ^b   Thorsen, Viva C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies   (Norway)

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EID: 77958149627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1746-4358-5-11     Document Type: Article

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