HIV and Infant Feeding - Review of HIV Transmission Through Breastfeeding Jointly Issued by UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO Guidelines - Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (UNAIDS, 1998, 26 p.)

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Explanation of terms

Introduction

Mother-to-child transmission

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HIV infection in women

Rates of mother-to-child transmission

Evidence for breast-milk transmission

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Mechanisms of breast-milk transmission

Quantifying the risk of breast-milk transmission

Timing of HIV transmission during breastfeeding

Colostrum and mature milk

Factors associated with the risk of mother-to-child transmission

Anti-infective properties of breast milk in women with HIV

General infections

HIV infection

Strategies to reduce breast-milk transmission

Primary prevention

Replacement feeding

Early cessation of breastfeeding

Treatment of breast milk

Wet-nursing by a tested HIV-negative woman

Antiretroviral therapy

Summary and Conclusion

References