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Breast-feeding trends and the breast-feeding promotion programme in the Philippines
- Source: Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, Jan 1990, p. 113 - 124
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- 26 Jan 1990
Abstract
In the context of East and South-east Asia, the Philippines is an underachieving country; living standards have not improved much in recent years. (Table 1 provides some relevant data about the Philippines.) In this setting, breast-feeding is especially important for child health and child nutrition as well as child spacing. The Philippines is one of several developing countries having comparable national data on breast-feeding trends for the past several decades.
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