Determinants of early initiation of breastfeeding following birth in West Africa: A multilevel analysis using data from multi-country national health surveys

• Bewuketu Terefe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: woldeabwomariam@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Community Health Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0063-0999

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• Tadele Biresaw Belachew,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Desale Bihonegn Asmamaw,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Reproductive Health, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Gizachew Tadesse Wassie,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Abebaw Gedef Azene,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Habitu Birhan Eshetu,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Health Behavior, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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• Kindie Fentahun Muchie,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Getasew Mulat Bantie,

  Roles Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Amhara National Regional State Public Health Institute, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

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• Kassawmar Angaw Bogale,

  Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Wubshet Debebe Negash

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Systems and Policy, Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia

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