Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care
Abstract Background In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers and otherwise prevent or impede breastfeeding. Weighing of risks is necessary in p...
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| author | Karleen Gribble Roger Mathisen Mija-tesse Ververs Anna Coutsoudis |
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| description | Abstract Background In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers and otherwise prevent or impede breastfeeding. Weighing of risks is necessary in policy development Such policies are risky as was shown in the early response to the HIV pandemic where efforts to prevent mother to child transmission by replacing breastfeeding with infant formula feeding ultimately resulted in more infant deaths. In the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of maternal SARS-CoV-2 transmission needs to be weighed against the protection skin-to-skin contact, maternal proximity, and breastfeeding affords infants. Conclusion Policy makers and practitioners need to learn from the mistakes of the HIV pandemic and not undermine breastfeeding in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is clear that in order to maximise infant health and wellbeing, COVID-19 policies should support skin-to-skin contact, maternal proximity, and breastfeeding. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55e733971a7b4d44b93cc654e769a9a62022-12-21T19:19:31ZengBMCInternational Breastfeeding Journal1746-43582020-07-011511510.1186/s13006-020-00306-8Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn careKarleen Gribble0Roger Mathisen1Mija-tesse Ververs2Anna Coutsoudis3School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney UniversityAlive and Thrive Southeast Asia, FHI 360Center for Humanitarian Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health, School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-NatalAbstract Background In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers and otherwise prevent or impede breastfeeding. Weighing of risks is necessary in policy development Such policies are risky as was shown in the early response to the HIV pandemic where efforts to prevent mother to child transmission by replacing breastfeeding with infant formula feeding ultimately resulted in more infant deaths. In the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of maternal SARS-CoV-2 transmission needs to be weighed against the protection skin-to-skin contact, maternal proximity, and breastfeeding affords infants. Conclusion Policy makers and practitioners need to learn from the mistakes of the HIV pandemic and not undermine breastfeeding in the COVID-19 pandemic. It is clear that in order to maximise infant health and wellbeing, COVID-19 policies should support skin-to-skin contact, maternal proximity, and breastfeeding.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-020-00306-8COVID-19HIVPrevention of mother-to-child-transmissionInfant and young child feeding in emergenciesPolicy development |
| spellingShingle | Karleen Gribble Roger Mathisen Mija-tesse Ververs Anna Coutsoudis Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care International Breastfeeding Journal COVID-19 HIV Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission Infant and young child feeding in emergencies Policy development |
| title | Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| title_full | Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| title_fullStr | Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| title_short | Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| title_sort | mistakes from the hiv pandemic should inform the covid 19 response for maternal and newborn care |
| topic | COVID-19 HIV Prevention of mother-to-child-transmission Infant and young child feeding in emergencies Policy development |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13006-020-00306-8 |
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