Breastfeeding among HIV-1 infected women: Maternal health outcomes and social repercussions

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Worldwide, the majority of HIV-infected women live in resource-constrained areas and must breastfeed because replacement feeding is not a viable option for them due to its lack of feasibility, safety, and affordability [1]. The benefits of breastfeeding are many and are often overshadowed by the risk of HIV transmission in HIV-infected mother-infant pairs. Breastfeeding confers immunological benefits to infants [2], protects infants from diarrhea and pneumonia [3, 4], and may improve cognitive function, only to name a few [5]. In low-income countries, the benefits of breastfeeding are even greater than in high-resource countries. In 2000, the World Health Organization estimated that breastfeeding could prevent 1.3 million infant deaths worldwide [6, 7]. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media New York.

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Stringer, E., & Shearer, K. (2012). Breastfeeding among HIV-1 infected women: Maternal health outcomes and social repercussions. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 743, 39–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-2251-8_3

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