Breastfeeding Can Prevent Infant Death and HIV Infection in Poor Countries
Category: HIV-AIDS, Pediatrics |
In many poor countries, mothers with HIV face a stark choice: to nurse their infants, and risk passing on HIV through their breast milkāor to formula feed, and deprive their infants of much of the natural immunity needed to protect against fatal diseases of early infancy. Now, two studies supported by the National Institutes of Health offer insights into preventing early death and HIV infection among breastfeeding infants of mothers with HIV in these countries. FULL STORY »
5th June 2008 | 0 Comments