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Exclusive breastfeeding plan 'impractical'

Doctors in the HIV field and mothers infected with the virus have reacted with scepticism to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's announcement of an "exclusive breastfeeding" policy according to which the government will no longer provide free milk formula to HIV-positive mothers.

Published
26 August 2011
From
Mail & Guardian Online
Infant feeding
Should Breastfeeding be an Option for HIV Positive Women in Developed Countries?

Women in industrialized countries who are on effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) and have undetectable viral load should also be advised that breastfeeding may be an acceptable option, according to an opinion piece by Pamela Morrison, an international board-certified lactation consultant, and colleagues in the August 5, 2011, advance online edition of AIDS.

Published
25 August 2011
From
HIVandhepatitis.com
Infant feeding
Further evidence that 'breast is best' for children of mothers with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa

Early weaning resulted in almost twice as many acute illnesses and hospitalisations among HIV-exposed uninfected infants when compared to infants who continued to be breastfed beyond six months

Published
19 August 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Infant feeding
Cotrimoxazole in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants may undermine benefits of breastfeeding; trial needed, say paediatricians

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis may not provide significant protection against bacterial infections in HIV-exposed but uninfected infants, and may even undermine the health benefits of breastfeeding, according to research from

Published
09 August 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Valaciclovir slows HIV disease progression in pregnant and breastfeeding women

Valaciclovir used to suppress herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) in HIV co-infected pregnant and post-partum women in Nairobi, Kenya, slowed HIV disease progression and reduced viral load in

Published
26 July 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Infant prophylaxis during breastfeeding reduces risk of HIV infection by 71%

Extended use of nevirapine or zidovudine and nevirapine in infants can reduce the risks of HIV transmission through breastmilk by over 70%, Charles van der Horst reported

Published
25 July 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
South Africa's PMTCT programme reduces mother-to-child transmission to under 4%

Nine years after the start of a national prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) programme, South Africa’s mother-to-child HIV  transmission (MTCT) rate is under 4% at four to eight

Published
19 July 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
South Africa is moving towards an AIDS-free generation, and improving survival in children living with HIV

Reductions in vertical HIV transmission to infants and improvement in paediatric survival attributable to the scale of and quality improvement of prevention of parent-to-child transmission (PPTCT) and antiretroviral

Published
22 June 2011
From
HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Breastfeeding infants with HIV may develop drug resistance from ARVs in breast milk

Two thirds of breastfeeding infants infected after birth, born to mothers on antiretroviral therapy (ART), developed resistance to one or more antiretroviral drugs according to Clement Zeh and

Published
31 March 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Infant feeding
Watch for malnutrition risk in children with HIV after starting ART

One in nine HIV-infected children with advanced illness was hospitalised with severe malnutrition within 12 weeks of starting antiretroviral and these children had a 15-fold increased risk of

Published
29 March 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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