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Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018 [1]

Abstract

Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF)—giving infants only breast-milk for the first 6 months of life—is a component of optimal breastfeeding practices effective in preventing child morbidity and mortality. EBF practices are known to vary by population and comparable subnational estimates of prevalence and progress across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are required for planning policy and interventions. Here we present a geospatial analysis of EBF prevalence estimates from 2000 to 2018 across 94 LMICs mapped to policy-relevant administrative units (for example, districts), quantify subnational inequalities and their changes over time, and estimate probabilities of meeting the World Health Organization’s Global Nutrition Target (WHO GNT) of ≥70% EBF prevalence by 2030. While six LMICs are projected to meet the WHO GNT of ≥70% EBF prevalence at a national scale, only three are predicted to meet the target in all their district-level units by 2030.

Citation: 

Bhattacharjee NV, Schaeffer LE, Hay SI, Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018. Nature Human Behaviour. 3 June 2021. doi:.10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6.

Datasets: 
Datasets [2]
People: 
Natalia Bhattacharjee [3]
Simon I. Hay [4]
Alice Lazzar-Atwood [5]
James Albright [6]
Michael Collison [7]
Aubrey Cook [8]
Lalit Dandona [9]
Rakhi Dandona [10]
Samath D. Dharmaratne [11]
Laura Dwyer-Lindgren [12]
Lucas Earl [13]
Valery Feigin [14]
William Gardner [15]
Julia Hon [16]
Kimberly Johnson [17]
Nicholas Kassebaum [18]
Kate LeGrand [19]
Ian Letourneau [20]
Laurie Marczak [21]
Ali Mokdad [22]
Jon Mosser [23]
Brandon Pickering [24]
Bobby Reiner [25]
Alyssa Sbarra [26]
Topics: 
Breastfeeding

Links
[1] https://www.healthdata.org/research-article/mapping-inequalities-exclusive-breastfeeding-low-and-middle-income-countries-2000 [2] http://ghdx.healthdata.org/node/454586 [3] https://www.healthdata.org/about/natalia-bhattacharjee [4] https://www.healthdata.org/about/simon-iain-hay [5] https://www.healthdata.org/about/alice-lazzar-atwood [6] https://www.healthdata.org/about/james-albright [7] https://www.healthdata.org/about/michael-collison [8] https://www.healthdata.org/about/aubrey-levine [9] https://www.healthdata.org/about/lalit-dandona [10] https://www.healthdata.org/about/rakhi-dandona [11] https://www.healthdata.org/about/samath-d-dharmaratne [12] https://www.healthdata.org/about/laura-dwyer-lindgren [13] https://www.healthdata.org/about/lucas-earl [14] https://www.healthdata.org/about/valery-feigin [15] https://www.healthdata.org/about/william-gardner [16] https://www.healthdata.org/about/julia-hon [17] https://www.healthdata.org/about/kimberly-johnson [18] https://www.healthdata.org/about/nicholas-kassebaum [19] https://www.healthdata.org/about/kate-legrand [20] https://www.healthdata.org/about/ian-letourneau [21] https://www.healthdata.org/about/laurie-marczak [22] https://www.healthdata.org/about/ali-mokdad [23] https://www.healthdata.org/about/jon-mosser [24] https://www.healthdata.org/about/brandon-pickering [25] https://www.healthdata.org/about/bobby-reiner [26] https://www.healthdata.org/about/alyssa-sbarra