Recommendations on Infant Feeding and HIV 2009/10
New WHO recommendations on infant feeding in the context of HIV
World Health Organisation (WHO) released new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
VERTICAL TRANSMISSION CUT BY 99%
International researchers, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Botswana, have discovered that anti retroviral drugs given to pregnant and breastfeeding mothers reduce mother to child transmission of HIV by 99%, this is according to The New England Journal of Medicine. The ground breaking discovery, which is the lowest in Africa, was made after a clinical study led by Robert Shapiro, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health, Botswana Harvard Partnership and the MoH. Full Version
Aggresive marketing of infant formula by companies undermines women's confidence to breastfeeding their infants. Citizens have a right to protection and support through legislation.
Nestlé-free zone
Boycott Nestlé - protect Infants
Nestlé-free Week - 26 October to 1 November
