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Impact of Exclusive Breast-Feeding in Guinea Bissau

NCT00131625 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1500

Last updated 2005-10-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Exclusive breastfeeding is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the aim of improving infant health. The specific objective of the study was to examine the effect of exclusive breast-feeding on morbidity and mortality in a randomised prospective study. Children born by mothers recorded as living in the study area during pregnancy was randomised at birth. WHO recommendations to postpone introduction of water and weaning food were told to the mother by 2-weekly home visits. All study children were followed from birth till 1 year of age according to morbidity, hospitalisation and mortality.

Conditions

  • Nutritional Status

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health education according to WHO recommendations

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bandim Health Project

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Peter Aaby, Msc · Bandim Health Project, Statens Seruminstitut

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
0 Years
Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-03-31
Completion
2002-02-28

Countries

  • Guinea-Bissau

Study Locations

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