Assessing a bundle of peer counseling, mobile phone messages, and mama kits in promoting timely initiation of and exclusive breastfeeding in Uganda: A cluster randomized controlled study

• David Mukunya ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zebdaevid@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda, Department of Research, Nikao Medical Center, Kampala, Uganda, Centre for Intervention Science and Maternal Child Health (CISMAC), Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3892-9777

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• James K. Tumwine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Kabale University, Kampala, Uganda

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• Grace Ndeezi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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• Milton W. Musaba,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Busitema University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mbale, Uganda

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• Justin Bruno Tongun,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Juba, Juba, South Sudan

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• Josephine Tumuhamye,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Research, Makerere University Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

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• Agnes Napyo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, School of Medicine, Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda

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• Faith Oguttu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7481-3321

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• Daphine Amanya,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community and Public Health, Busitema University, Mbale, Uganda

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• Beatrice Odongkara,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

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• Vincentina Achora,

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Gulu University, Gulu, Uganda

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• Thorkild Tylleskar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Intervention Science and Maternal Child Health (CISMAC), Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

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• Victoria Nankabirwa

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

  Affiliations Centre for Intervention Science and Maternal Child Health (CISMAC), Centre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

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