Abstract:
Despiteits provenbenefitin reducingchildmortalityandmorbidity,thecoverageofexclusivebreastfeeding(EBF)remainssub-optimal.InEthiopia,about52%ofinfants undersix
monthsofagewereexclusivelybreastfed,implying theneedforfurtheridentification ofthe
barrierstooptimalEBFpractice.Therefore,thisstudyaimedtoinvestigate EBFandits
determinantsin thepredominantlyruralnorthwestEthiopia
