The impact of breastfeeding on the health of HIV-positive mothers and their children in sub-Saharan Africa

The impact of breastfeeding on the health of HIV-positive mothers and their children in sub-Saharan Africa

OBJECTIVE: We assessed the impact of breastfeeding by women infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 on their morbidity and risk of mortality and on the mortality of their children. METHODS: We analysed longitudinal data from two previous randomized clinical trials of mother-to-child trans...

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Main Authors: Taha E Taha, Newton I Kumwenda, Donald R Hoover, George Kafulafula, Susan A Fiscus, Chiwawa Nkhoma, Shu Chen, Robin L Broadhead
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2006-07-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862006000700016&lng=en&tlng=en

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