Practice of exclusive breastfeeding and its associated factors in a suburban area in Angola: a cross-sectional study.

Background: Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is one of the measures with highest impact on prevention of child deaths. The determinants of breastfeeding practices are complex and differ between populations. This study aimed to identify factors associated with the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding in a suburban area in Angola.

Malnutrition and its associated factors: a cross-sectional study with children under 2 years in a suburban area in Angola.

Background: The prevalence of child malnutrition in Angola is still very high, and little is known about its associated factors. The aim of this study was to identify these factors in children under 2 years in a suburban area of the country's capital city.

Methods: We used data from a cross-sectional population-based study conducted in 2010.