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Table 1 Illustration of the effect of breastfeeding promotion on the proportion of infants breastfed, by degree of breastfeeding and age

From: The Lives Saved Tool (LiST) as a model for diarrhea mortality reduction

 

0 to 1 month

1 to 5 months

Breastfeeding

Baseline

After promotion

Breastfeeding

Baseline

Exclusive

62.0%

69.6%

40.2%

54.5%

Predominant

25.0%

20.0%

29.1%

22.1%

Partial

10.3%

8.2%

29.2%

22.2%

None

2.7%

2.2%

1.5%

1.1%

  1. Breastfeeding promotion scaled from 40% to 80% of pregnant women.