TY - JOUR
T1 - Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000–2018
AU - Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators
AU - Bhattacharjee, Natalia V.
AU - Schaeffer, Lauren E.
AU - Hay, Simon I.
AU - Lu, Dan
AU - Schipp, Megan F.
AU - Lazzar-Atwood, Alice
AU - Donkers, Katie M.
AU - Abady, Gdiom Gebreheat
AU - Abd-Allah, Foad
AU - Abdelalim, Ahmed
AU - Abebo, Zeleke Hailemariam
AU - Abejie, Ayenew Negesse
AU - Abosetugn, Akine Eshete
AU - Abreu, Lucas Guimarães
AU - Abrigo, Michael R.M.
AU - Abu-Gharbieh, Eman
AU - Abushouk, Abdelrahman I.
AU - Adamu, Aishatu L.
AU - Adedeji, Isaac Akinkunmi
AU - Adegbosin, Adeyinka Emmanuel
AU - Adekanmbi, Victor
AU - Adetokunboh, Olatunji O.
AU - Agudelo-Botero, Marcela
AU - Aji, Budi
AU - Akinyemi, Oluwaseun Oladapo
AU - Alamneh, Alehegn Aderaw
AU - Alanezi, Fahad Mashhour
AU - Alanzi, Turki M.
AU - Albright, James
AU - Alcalde-Rabanal, Jacqueline Elizabeth
AU - Alemu, Biresaw Wassihun
AU - Alhassan, Robert Kaba
AU - Ali, Beriwan Abdulqadir
AU - Ali, Saqib
AU - Alinia, Cyrus
AU - Alipour, Vahid
AU - Amit, Arianna Maever L.
AU - Amugsi, Dickson A.
AU - Anbesu, Etsay Woldu
AU - Ancuceanu, Robert
AU - Anjomshoa, Mina
AU - Ansari, Fereshteh
AU - Antonio, Carl Abelardo T.
AU - Anvari, Davood
AU - Arabloo, Jalal
AU - Arora, Amit
AU - Artanti, Kurnia Dwi
AU - Bhutta, Zulfiqar A.
AU - Das, Jai K.
AU - Kumar, Manasi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6
DO - 10.1038/s41562-021-01108-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 34083753
AN - SCOPUS:85107815293
SN - 2397-3374
VL - 5
SP - 1027
EP - 1045
JO - Nature Human Behaviour
JF - Nature Human Behaviour
IS - 8
ER -