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Why invest, and what it will take to improve breastfeeding practices?

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Authors

Nita Bhandari · Society for Applied Studies

Nemat Hajeebhoy

Susan Horton · University of Waterloo

José Carlos Martines · University of Bergen

Ellen Piwoz · Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Linda Richter · University of the Witwatersrand

Topics & Keywords

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Child Nutrition and Water Access Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Gender equality

Publication Details

Published in: The Lancet

Volume 387, Issue 10017, pp. 491-504

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(15)01044-2

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 171.32

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César G. Victora · Universidade Federal de Pelotas