title: HIV and infant feeding: issues in developed and developing countries.
abstract: Women in developed countries who are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive generally feed their infants formula to avoid virus transmission via breastfeeding. However, for most of the world's women who are HIV positive, the choice of infant feeding method is not so clear. Poor socioeconomic and living conditions place infants on breast milk substitutes at higher risk of non-HIV infectious diseases as compared with breastfed infants. Mothers in these settings who are HIV positive must weigh the risks and benefits of breastfeeding to choose the best infant feeding option.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Debra J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Mickey
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Chantell
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Witten
authors.forename: Manyeke J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sengwana
mesh_terms: D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000821:virology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D015399:Nursing Research; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors