Breast-feeding is promoted worldwide for child health and survival, and is entrenched in most cultural practices in developing countries as the natural and expected way of feeding infants. Unfortunately, breast-feeding contributes significantly to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1.1 Current recommendations for infant feeding in the context of HIV-1 infections have been based on risks to the infant. Possible risks or benefits to the mother have not been sufficiently explored.
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Otieno, P.A. (2009). Breast-feeding and HIV-1 Infection: Maternal Health. In: Goldberg, G., Prentice, A., Prentice, A., Filteau, S., Simondon, K. (eds) Breast-Feeding: Early Influences on Later Health. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 639. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8749-3_22
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