ArticleAfrican health sciences2011
Withholding breast milk for HIV exposed infants in sub-Saharan Africa: benefit or harm?
Article in African health sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.
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- Putting back basic sciences, political economy and sexuality into health.African health sciences · 2011Article
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Abstract
Feeding options for HIV exposed infants has remained topical and controversial in most settings of sub-Saharan Africa. This commentary, expresses the author's opinions on this topical issue for and against breastfeeding or infant formula, with supporting evidence drawn from relevant literature on researches conducted in settings of sub-Saharan Africa. At the moment, it seems sensible to recommend that health care workers and policy makers should explore the options of making breastfeeding safer rather than withholding it for sub-Saharan African HIV exposed infants. It is hoped that when Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) becomes universally accessible and available to HIV infected women in sub-Saharan Africa, breast milk HIV transmission will be a rare event and the health benefits of breastfeeding for the infant and mother will be maximized.
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