| Author: Elizabeth Preble and Ellen Piwoz |
| InfoShare Partner: Support for Analysis and Research in Africa (SARA) Project |
| Publication Date: September 1998 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: HIV/AIDS prevention, Nutrition, Policy/Law |
| Region: Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Language: English |
| Number of Pages: 64 |
| File Size: 334 KB |
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Mother-to-child transmission of HIV poses a tragic dilemma for women throughout the developing world, particularly in Africa, because of the significant nutritional, child-spacing, disease-prevention, and child survival benefits that breastfeeding conveys in areas with high rates of HIV/AIDS. This paper summarizes what is currently known and unknown about the transmission of HIV through breastfeeding. This paper has five major goals: 1) to review major advances in the study of HIV and infant feeding and policy responses to these findings; 2) to describe several issues for consideration when reading and comparing research studies; 3) to report the findings of several studies and mathematical models developed to guide program and policy recommendations; 4) to summarize what existing studies do and do not reveal about this issue; and 5) to recommend areas requiring further research to facilitate adaptation and application of existing guidelines on HIV and infant feeding.
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