Poor access to breastfeeding counseling services and associated factors among lactating mothers who had optimal antenatal care follow-up in Sub-saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis of the recent Demographic and Health Survey

Poor access to breastfeeding counseling services among lactating mothers was found to be high. Both individual and community-level factors were determinants of poor access to breastfeeding counseling services. The Ministry of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa should give attention to those women who have not had a postnatal check-up and give birth at home while designing policies and strategies.