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Knowledge of Breastfeeding Practices for Infants Aged 0 to 6 Months from the Municipality of Abobo (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)

1Laboratory of Biotechnology, Agriculture and Development of Biological Resources, Biosciences, Training and Research Unit, Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

2Laboratory of Biology and Health, Biosciences, Training and Research Unit; Félix Houphouët-Boigny University, 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Côte d’Ivoire

3Training and Research Unit (faculty) of Agriculture, Fisheries Resources and Agro-food Industry, University of San Pedro, BP 1800 San Pedro, Côte d’Ivoire


American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2022, Vol. 10 No. 2, 40-44
DOI: 10.12691/ajfn-10-2-1
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Adepo Yapo Prospèr, Atto Virginie, Fofana Ibrahim, Chatigre Kouamé Olivier, KATI-Coulibaly Séraphin. Knowledge of Breastfeeding Practices for Infants Aged 0 to 6 Months from the Municipality of Abobo (Abidjan, Ivory Coast). American Journal of Food and Nutrition. 2022; 10(2):40-44. doi: 10.12691/ajfn-10-2-1.

Correspondence to: Fofana  Ibrahim, Training and Research Unit (faculty) of Agriculture, Fisheries Resources and Agro-food Industry, University of San Pedro, BP 1800 San Pedro, Côte d’Ivoire. Email: fofana.foibrahim@yahoo.fr

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the difficulties related to the practice of exclusive breastfeeding of infants from birth to 6 months with a view to finding sustainable solutions for its implementation. The survey was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study conducted on a sample of 200 women from low-income households. The survey location is the commune of Abobo and the period indicated is from October 7, 2020 to February 7, 2021. After the survey, it was found that the difficulties related to the decline in exclusive breastfeeding are related to insufficient production of breast milk, fatigue, daily occupation of the mother, pain and cracking of the nipple, stress, poor health of the mother and atrophy of the udder. Taking into account the recommendations will boost the competitiveness of exclusive breastfeeding in relation to the nutritional status of infants by ensuring food security for infants. But also, it will allow to reach the millennium objective of the WHO and the UNICEF which is to exclusively breastfeed the infant from 0 to 6 months.

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