Cost-Effectiveness of Peer Counselling for the Promotion of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community based breastfeeding promotion programmes have been shown to be effective in increasing breastfeeding prevalence. However, there is limited data on the cost-effectiveness of these programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. This paper evaluates the cost-effectiveness of a breastfeeding promotion intervention targeting mothers and their 0 to 6 month old children.

Methods

Data were obtained from a community randomized trial conducted in Uganda between 2006-2008, and supplemented with evidence from several studies in sub-Saharan Africa. In the trial, peer counselling was offered to women in intervention clusters. In the control and intervention clusters, women could access standard health facility breastfeeding promotion services (HFP). Thus, two methods of breastfeed

SUBMITTER: Chola L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4664391 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature