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Improved rates of exclusive breastfeeding at 14 weeks of age in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa: what are the challenges now?

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5657-5

Published Online: 2018-06-19

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Horwood, C.

Haskins, L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3636-5370
Engebretsen, IM

Phakathi, S.

Connolly, C.

Coutsoudis, A.

Spies, L.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

ELMA Foundation
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Article History

Received: 8 February 2018

Accepted: 1 June 2018

First Online: 19 June 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethics approval was obtained from the Biomedical Research ethics committee (BREC) at UKZN (BE064/14) and from the KZN Department of Health, including permission to enrol mothers aged 15–17 years, to ensure that representation of younger mothers in the sample. Permission to undertake the study was obtained from KZN Department of Health, district managers in all districts, and facility managers in participating clinics. All participants provided written informed consent.

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