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Breastfeeding
Questions Answered:
A Guide for Providers
From INFO's Toolbox
This guide answers questions that women often ask about breastfeeding.
March 2006
Issue No. 5
The INFO Project • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health • Center for Communication Programs • 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, Maryland 21202, USA • 410-659-6300 • www.infoforhealth.org

Population Reports; Series L, Number 14, Better Breastfeeding, Healthier Lives

CREDITS

This report was prepared by Vidya Setty, MPH. Research assistance by Fonda Kingsley, MHS. Bryant Robey, Editor. Francine Mueller, Designer.

INFO Reports appreciates the assistance of the following reviewers: Marcos Arevalo, Jean Baker, Bruno Benavides, Jane Bertrand, Annette Bongiovanni, Gloria Coe, Judy Levan Fram, John Howson, Monica Jasis, Mihira Karra, Miriam H. Labbok, Luann Martin, Anne Perrine, Ellen Piwoz, Malcolm Potts, Timothy C. Quick, Jay Ross, Pauline Russell-Brown, Stephen Settimi, James Shelton, Bulbul Sood, J. Joseph Speidel, Maryanne Stone-Jimenez, Youssef Tawfik, Melissa Vickers, Mary Beth Weinberger, and Kim Winnard.

Suggested citation: Setty, V. "Breastfeeding Questions Answered: A Guide for Providers.” INFO Reports. No. 5. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, The INFO Project, Mar. 2006.

The INFO Project Center for Communication Programs The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Earle Lawrence, Project Director; Stephen Goldstein, Chief, Publications Division; Theresa Norton, Associate Editor; Linda Sadler, Production Manager.

INFO Reports is designed to provide an accurate and authoritative report on important developments in family planning and related health issues. The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the Johns Hopkins University.

Published with support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Global, GH/POP/PEC, under the terms of Grant No. GPH-A-00-02-00003-00.

Illustration Credits:

page 1, Rafael Avila/JHU CCP; page 2, Peggy Kooniz Booher, Kurt Mulholland, and Victor Nolasco/URC/QAP; page 3, Rafael Avila/JHU CCP; page 4, top: The LINKAGES Project/AED, bottom: Rafael Avila/JHU CCP; page 5, top: Rafael Avila/JHU CCP, bottom: The LINKAGES Project/AED; page 6, Rafael Avila/JHU CCP; page 7, Peggy Kooniz Booher, Kurt Mulholland, and Victor Nolasco/URC/QAP

Note on illustrations: Many of the illustrations in this report were taken from counseling cards developed by the Linkages Project and the Quality Assurance Project. For more information, please contact them at:

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