Background: Exclusive breastfeeding of babies for 6 months, as recommended by the World Health Organization, remains a well-recognized childhood survival strategy of great benefit in reducing infant and under-5 mortality rates. Children in Ethiopia suffer from poor health. The national Under-five Mortality Rate is about 140/1000, with variations among the regions from 114 to 233/1000. About 90% of mortality in underfives was caused by pneumonia, neonatal causes (prematurity, asphyxia and neonatal sepsis), malaria, diarrhea and measles. Malnutrition is the underlying cause of death in about 57% of these deaths.
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