IDL - International Digital Library For Medical & Research Volume 1, Issue 4, Apr 2017
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Breast Feeding and HIV Infection FAUZIA JAWAID KAZI, Assistant Professor, KGMU-Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow India.
Abstract:Approximately
one-third
of
Factors that may decrease the risk of
infants born to HIV-positive mothers
HIV transmission through breastfeeding
contract HIV through mother-to-child
include:
transmission, becoming infected during Shorter
their mothers' pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding
without
duration
of
breastfeeding. The longer a child
preventive
is breastfed by an HIV-positive
interventions. In 2001, 800,000 children
mother the higher the risk of HIV
under the age of 15 contracted HIV, over
infection.
90 per cent of them through mother-to-
Breastfeeding
for
6
months has about one third of the
child transmission of HIV (MTCT).
risk of breastfeeding for 2 years.
Between 15 and 25% of children born to
Exclusive breastfeeding in the
HIV-infected mothers get infected with
early
HIV during pregnancy or delivery, while
months. Some
immunological studies are finding
about 15% of the children get infected
that there are factors in human
through breastfeeding.
milk, especially the milk of the the IDL - International Digital Library
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