Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Burkina Faso: breastfeeding and wet nursing.
OBJECTIVE
A survey of the knowledge of women about HIV and breastfeeding.


METHODS
The study employed a voluntary questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Epi info 6 with chi(2) test and P < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.


RESULTS
Three hundred women agreed to participate in the study. Only 82 realized that HIV could be transmitted by breastmilk. After information about HIV transmission, 37 stated that they would still breastfeed. On the other hand, 220 (74.1%) stated that they would accept breastfeeding by a wet nurse. Two hundred and eighty (69.8%) would accept to serve as the wet nurse for an infant born to an HIV-infected woman. There was an association between acceptance of HIV screening and willingness to breastfeed (P = 0.00206529).


CONCLUSIONS
Appropriate Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission (PMTCT) measures must be made available to HIV-infected women. Detailed studies must be performed to evaluate the feasibility of this approach in resource limited settings.
Nacro
Boubacar
B
Pediatric Department, CHUSS, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. bnacro@fasonet.bf
Barro
Makoura
M
Gaudreault
Suzanne
S
Dao
Blami
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001942:Breast Feeding / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002050:Burkina Faso; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009035:Mothers / Q000193:education; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents