Global prevalence of WHO infant feeding practices in 57 LMICs in 2010-2018 and time trends since 2000 for 44 LMICs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Assembly set a global target of increasing exclusive breastfeeding for infants under 6 months to at least 50% by year 2025. However, little is known about the current status of breastfeeding practice, as well as the trends in breastfeeding practices during recent years. We examined global prevalence of the World Health Organization (WHO) feeding practices in 57 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and time trends since 2000 for 44 selected countries.

Methods

We included 57 eligible LMICs that had completed data on breastfeeding and complementary feeding in 2010-2018 from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for examining current feeding status. We further selected 44 LMICs that had two standard DHS surveys between 2000 and 2009 and 2010-20

SUBMITTER: Zong X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature