Infant Feeding Practices in Ethiopia: Birth Cohort Study in Five Regions.

ABSTRACT: Appropriate infant feeding is crucial to ensure optimal child growth and survival. We aimed to assess infants' breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices from 0 to 12 months in Ethiopia. This study was a secondary analysis of data from the Ethiopia Performance Monitoring for Action panel study performed from July 2020 to August 2021. One thousand eight hundred and fifty infants were included from five Ethiopian regions: Addis Ababa City Administration, Oromia, Amhara, Afar, and Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples Regions. Appropriate infant feeding practices were assessed using the World Health Organization measurement criteria and descriptive analysis. One-year-old infants were considered to have a diversified diet if they had complementary feeding comprising five or more

SUBMITTER: Tariku A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956073 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature