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IYCF
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Infant
Feeding and HIV |
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The
risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding
presents policy makers, infant feeding counsellors
and mothers with a difficult dilemma. They must
balance the risk of death due to artificial feeding
with the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding.
These risks are dependent on the age of the infant
and household conditions and are not precisely
known. Other factors must be considered at the
same time, such as the risk of stigmatisation
(if not breastfeeding signals the mother’s
HIV status), the financial costs of replacement
feeding and the risk of becoming pregnant again.
Policies and programmes to meet this challenge
should provide access to voluntary and confidential
counselling and testing (VCCT) and, for HIV-positive
mothers, counselling on infant feeding options.
Safeguards should be in place to protect, promote
and support breastfeeding in the rest of the population. |
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Activity and Results
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Symposium on HIV and Infant Feeding : 9 December,
2005 |
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Assessment
of Status of IYCF:Practice, Policy and Program:Achievements
and Gaps
The
assessment team in India reviewed several documents
including Policy document on PPTCT by National
AIDS Control Organisation (NACO), and National
Guidelines on Infant and Young Child Feeding.
The assessment team felt that some positive
steps have been taken on the issue but a lot
more is yet to be achieved. There are several
partial and complete gaps. For example, mothers
are not supported in infant feeding decisions,
on going monitoring is not in place .Download
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Supporting Documents
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