In the United States, its a case for the courts when an HIV-infected mother wishes to breast-feed. In most of the nations where HIV proliferates, women are faced with a Sophies choice: Should they breast-feed and risk transmitting HIV to their infant, or should they use substitute nutrition, which may place their infant at greater risk of dying within the first year?
In the United States, its a case for the courts when an HIV-infected mother wishes to breast-feed. In most of the nations where HIV proliferates, women are faced with a Sophies choice: Should they breast-feed and risk transmitting HIV to their infant, or should they use substitute nutrition, which may place their infant at greater risk of dying within the first year?
AIDS Alert International: Breast-feeding guidelines: An implementation puzzle
November 1, 2004