2nd Edition of Protecting, Supporting and Promoting Appropriate Breastfeeding in the 21st Century
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 194
Special Issue Editor
Interests: epidemiology; global health; maternal and child health
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Dear Colleagues,
Considering the success of the first edition of the Special Issue, “Protecting, Supporting and Promoting Appropriate Breastfeeding in the 21st Century”, published in The International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Appropriate_Breastfeeding), we wish to continue to explore this subject.
Current and emerging global evidence shows that strategic policy interventions in the first 2000 days of life (from conception to age five) play a significant role in child survival, health, development, and early-life experiences—one such intervention is appropriate breastfeeding practices. Optimal breastfeeding ensures the healthy growth and development of children and increases child survival by preventing the introduction of contaminated prelacteal foods and protecting against diarrheal diseases and respiratory tract infections—two leading causes of preventable global under-five deaths. Appropriate breastfeeding also has numerous benefits for both the mother and her household, including a lower risk for the mother to experience noncommunicable diseases (e.g., breast and ovarian cancers) and improved household productivity from a reduction in the number of child sick days, respectively. In this edition, we maintain focus on similar topics, such as understanding the reasons for low breastfeeding rates in many countries, and/or what could be achieved at facility and community levels to increase appropriate breastfeeding at subnational, national and global levels.
This Special Issue invites prospective authors to present their latest work in protecting, supporting and promoting appropriate breastfeeding in the 21st century.
Dr. Felix Akpojene Ogbo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- breastfeeding
- breastmilk
- infant feeding
- child feeding
- epidemiology
- breastfeeding interventions
- breastfeeding programs
