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Interactions of contraception and breast-feeding in developing countries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2011

W. H. Mosley
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
T. Osteria
Affiliation:
Institute of Public Health, Manila, Philippines
S. L. Huffman
Affiliation:
Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca, Bangladesh

Extract

One of the major goals of health programmes in the developing world is to improve maternal and child health. Two important steps towards achieving this goal are the promotion of birth spacing and the promotion of breast-feeding. Since birth spacing requires some type of fertility control measures, modern contraceptive programmes are becoming an integral part of maternal and child health programmes. The next logical question would then appear to be, ‘What are the appropriate contraceptives, particularly among the modern methods, for use during lactation ?’

Type
III. Lactation and contraception
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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