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Feeding indecision: choosing to breastfeed in the era of HIV

Feeding indecision : choosing to breastfeed in the era of HIV

Authors: Aika Omari; Chewe Luo; Chipepo Kankasa; Ganapati Bhat; James Bunn; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM), UK
Publisher: id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002

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Women in low and middle income countries who know they have HIV face a difficult choice. Should they breastfeed and risk passing on the virus to their child? Or not breastfeed and accept the cost and stigma associated with using breast milk substitutes (BMS)? Researchers from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and UTH, Lusaka investigated mothers’ choices in Lusaka, Zambia.

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