Integrated Management
of Childhood Illness (IMCI)- Part III - Chapter 11 - Breastfeeding Nutrient adequacy
of exclusive breastfeeding for the term infant during the first six months
of life (2002) Geneva, World Health Organization
Full text [pdf 278kb] The optimal
duration of exclusive breastfeeding: a systematic review Geneva, World Health Organization, 2001
Full text [pdf 1.06 Mb] Report
of the expert consultation
of the optimal
duration of exclusive breastfeeding Report
of an expert consultation Geneva, World Health Organization, 28 - 30 March 2001
Full text [pdf 122kb] The WHO Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child
Feeding Breastfeeding and Complementary
Feeding Feeding Your Baby From Six Months To One Year Your guide to help you introduce food to your baby Adapted and reproduced with permission
of Peel Public Health, Region
of Peel A Practical Workbook to Protect, Promote and Support Breastfeeding in Community Based Projects Health Canada, Ottawa, 2002 This workbook is intended to assist the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) or similar community based prenatal projects to identify strategies and specific actions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in a population health context.
Firstly, as the
duration of predominant (or
full) breast
feeding defined by the age that any other milk (usually formula milk) was introduced (in months), and secondly as partial (or any) breast
feeding defined by the age that breast
feeding was stopped (in months).