The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of mothers of children aged 0 to 23 months towards exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) in public health facilities in Lome, Togo. A cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical study was carried out over a period of two months among the target group who brought their children for consultation in the growth monitoring and promotion of health care Centre in Lome. The study involved 417 mostly primigravida and primiparous mothers averaging 28.4 ± 0.3 years old. Among these mothers 89.7% attended school and 99.2% had at least one antenatal visit. The most common sources of maternal awareness of infant and young child feeding (IYCF) were the services of expanded programme for immunization, EPI (62.6%), antenatal care (58.5%), and growth monitoring and promotion (53.7%). The majority (82%) of mothers agreed that EBF is feasible. However, only 43.9% and 19.7% of these mothers have a good knowledge of both benefits of EBF for the baby and the mother, respectively. Levels of mother’s knowledge of the benefits of AME for mother and baby are dependent on sensitization by health workers (P = 0.0001) and mass medium (P = 0.036).
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