2024
DOI: 10.1002/hsr2.2115
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Sociocultural context of exclusive breastfeeding in Africa: A narrative review

Jimoh Amzat,
Kafayat Aminu,
Brisca Matankari
et al.

Abstract: Background and AimsAlthough exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) has many benefits, it is not commonly practiced in several countries as a result of context‐specific challenges. EBF practice is thus a global health discourse because over 200 million children suffer from malnutrition despite the abundance of human milk. The risk of starvation remains very high among African children with less than 40% of them exclusively breastfed. In Africa, the adoption or nonadherence to EBF is a sociocultural issue. Hence, this na… Show more

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