Series L, Number 14
Issues in World Health

CONTENTS

Home (Key Points)

Breastfeeding Gains and Goals
Table 1. Breastfeeding Practices Improving
Web Table 1. Early Initiation of Breastfeeding Over Time
Web Table 2. Exclusive Breastfeeding Over Time
Web Table 3. Breastfeeding at Two Years
Table 2. Breastfeeding Common but Not Usually Optimal
Web Figure 1. Most Infants Breastfed Initially
Web Figure 2. Levels of Breastfeeding Vary Widely

Comprehensive Strategies Needed

Spotlight: Madagascar’s Comprehensive Approach Improves Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding Increases Women’s Contraceptive Options
Table 3. When Breastfeeding Mothers Can Begin a Family Planning Method After Childbirth Compared with Mothers Not Breastfeeding

Centerspread: Breastfeeding Is Best
Figure 1. Better Breastfeeding Reduces Diarrhea

Women with HIV Face Crucial Breastfeeding Decisions
Figure 2. Estimated Risk of HIV Infection in Infants and Young Children

Bibliography

Credits

• Counseling Aid: When Can a Woman Use LAM?
• Counseling Aid: HIV and Infant Feeding Counseling Flow Chart

• Box: Taking Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
• Table: When Breastfeeding Mothers Can Begin a Family Planning Method

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Credits

This report was prepared by Vidya Setty, MPH. Research assistance by Fonda Kingsley, MHS. Bryant Robey, Editor; Richard Blackburn, Editorial Supervisor. Design by Mark Beisser, Fran Mueller, and Linda Sadler. Production by John Fiege, Monica Jiménez, and Catherine Richey.

Population Reports appreciates the assistance of the following reviewers: Marcos Arevalo, Jean Baker, Bruno Benavides, Jane Bertrand, Annette Bongiovanni, Gloria Coe, John Howson, Monica Jasis, Mihira Karra, Miriam H. Labbok, Judy Levan Fram, Luann Martin, Anne Perrine, Ellen Piwoz, Malcolm Potts, Tim Quick, Jay Ross, Pauline Russell-Brown, Stephen Settimi, Jim Shelton, Bulbul Sood, J. Joseph Speidel, Maryanne Stone-Jimenez, Youssef Tawfik, Melissa Vickers, Mary Beth Weinberger, and Kim Winnard.

Suggested citation: Setty,V. Better Breastfeeding,Healthier Lives. Population Reports, Series L, No. 14. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,The INFO Project, February 2006.

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