{"id":2205,"date":"2024-11-07T12:08:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2024-11-07T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T09:09:21","slug":"prevalence-of-and-factors-associated-with-lactational-mastitis-in-eastern-and-southern-africa-an-exploratory-analysis-of-community-based-household-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/2024\/11\/07\/prevalence-of-and-factors-associated-with-lactational-mastitis-in-eastern-and-southern-africa-an-exploratory-analysis-of-community-based-household-surveys\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevalence of and factors associated with lactational mastitis in eastern and southern Africa: an exploratory analysis of community-based household surveys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03-1024x335.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03-1024x335.png 1024w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03-768x251.png 768w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03-365x119.png 365w, https:\/\/amref.org\/tanzania\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-12.06.03.png 1516w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lactational mastitis is an extremely painful and distressing inflammation of the breast, which can seriously disrupt breastfeeding. Most of the evidence on the frequency of this condition and its risk factors is from high-income countries. Thus, there is a crucial need for more information on lactational mastitis and its associated factors in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/35346272\/\">Download Research Paper<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lactational mastitis is an extremely painful and distressing inflammation of the breast, which can seriously disrupt breastfeeding. 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