Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women
The South African Department of Health is justified in withdrawing support for free infant formula. By so doing, it recognises that any intervention that might detract from breast feeding poses a serious threat to infant survival. Since evidence is now strong that antiretroviral drugs used during la...
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| Series: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine |
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| description | The South African Department of Health is justified in withdrawing support for free infant formula. By so doing, it recognises that any intervention that might detract from breast feeding poses a serious threat to infant survival. Since evidence is now strong that antiretroviral drugs used during lactation prevent transmission of infection from a seropositive mother, strategies that promote breastfeeding can now be recommended for enhancing the health of mothers and infants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1c55d138182144aa9e82067310ef44032022-12-22T03:02:27ZengAOSISSouthern African Journal of HIV Medicine1608-96932078-67512012-03-0113161310.4102/sajhivmed.v13i1.151151Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive womenLouise Kuhn0Gertrude H Sergievsky Center, College of Physicians and Surgeons; and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, USAThe South African Department of Health is justified in withdrawing support for free infant formula. By so doing, it recognises that any intervention that might detract from breast feeding poses a serious threat to infant survival. Since evidence is now strong that antiretroviral drugs used during lactation prevent transmission of infection from a seropositive mother, strategies that promote breastfeeding can now be recommended for enhancing the health of mothers and infants.https://sajhivmed.org.za/index.php/hivmed/article/view/151 |
| spellingShingle | Louise Kuhn Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine |
| title | Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women |
| title_full | Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women |
| title_fullStr | Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women |
| title_short | Maternal and infant health is protected by antiretroviral drug strategies that preserve breastfeeding by HIV-positive women |
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