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Table 4 Proportion of infants receiving different food items during the first week of life by country

From: Breastfeeding patterns and its determinants among mothers living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus -1 in four African countries participating in the ANRS 12174 trial

Nutrient or other intake

Burkina Faso

South Africa

Uganda

Zambia

All sites

N = 204

N = 213

N = 274

N = 534

N = 1225

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Days 1 to 3

 Breast milk

200 (98.0)

206 (96.7)

272 (99.3)

532 (99.6)

1210 (98.8)

 Water

34 (16.7)

5 (2.3)

12 (4.4)

0 (0.0)

51 (4.2)

 Water + sugar or glucose

6 (2.9)

0 (0.0)

15 (5.5)

0 (0.0)

21 (1.7)

 Water + salt

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.3)

 Juice

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

2 (0.2)

 Cow’s milk

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.1)

 Infant formula

2 (1.0)

4 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.6)

9 (0.7)

 Liquid as part of traditional practice

6 (2.9)

1 (0.5)

3 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

10 (0.8)

 Other

2 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.2)

Days 4 to 7

 Breast milk

20 2(99.0)

205 (96.2)

273 (99.6)

533 (99.8)

1213 (99.0)

 Water

19 (9.3)

4 (1.9)

1 (0.4)

0(0.0)

24 (2.0)

 Water + sugar or glucose

1 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.2)

 Tea

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 Juice

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.2)

 Infant formula

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

1 (0.2)

3 (0.2)

 Powdered milk

1 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.1)

 Liquid as part of traditional practice

6 (2.9)

1 (0.5)

3 (1.1)

0 (0.0)

10 (0.8)

 Other

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

4 (0.3)