Indirect effects of the SARS CoV-2 pandemic on the prevalence of breastfeeding: Modeling its impact

Breastfeeding has a protective effect against acute respiratory and diarrheal infections. There are psychological and social effects due to physical isolation in the population in the mother-child group.To assess the impact on infant mortality due to a decrease in the prevalence of breastfeeding during 2020 due to the physical isolation against the SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic in Colombia.We used the population attributable risk approach...