Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS
Summary: This policy brief discusses the benefits of breastfeeding in light of the risk of perinatal HIV transmission. Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
Topics: Infant feeding and HIV + Region: Global + Source: External
Differential Effects of Early Weaning for HIV-Free Survival of Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers by Severity of Maternal Disease
Summary: This study, published in PLoS ONE in June 2009, compares HIV-positive mothers who stopped breastfeeding at four months with those who breastfed for...
Empowering Communities to Respond to HIV/AIDS—Ndola Demonstration Project on Maternal and Child Health, Operations Research Final Report
Summary: This final report from the LINKAGES Project documents work with the Ndola, Zambia, District Health Management Team to develop the Ndola Demonstration...
Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding 2010
Summary: The new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations call for earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy for adults and adolescents, the delivery...
HIV and infant feeding counselling tools
Summary: These tools (available in English, French, and Spanish) were created to help health workers before, during, and after a counseling session so that...
HIV and infant feeding Technical Consultation: Consensus statement
Summary: This consensus statement is the product of the World Health Organization HIV and infant feeding Technical Consultation held on behalf of the...
HIV and infant feeding: A guide for health-care managers and supervisors
Summary: This guide is aimed at helping mid-level managers understand issues and organize services to support all women, and especially HIV-infected women, on...
HIV and infant feeding: Framework for priority action
Summary: This framework was developed within the context of the World Health Organization’s Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding. The purpose...
HIV and infant feeding: Guidelines for decision-makers
Summary: The purpose of these guidelines is to provide information on issues related to infant and young child feeding within the context of HIV, and to...
HIV and infant feeding: New evidence and programmatic experience, report of a Technical Consultation
Summary: This report presents a summary of new findings, conclusions, and recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) HIV and infant feeding...