TY - CHAP
T1 - Breastfeeding among HIV-1 infected women
T2 - Maternal health outcomes and social repercussions
AU - Stringer, Elizabeth
AU - Shearer, Kate
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Worldwide, the majority of HIV-infected women live in resource-constrained areas and must breastfeed because replacement feeding is not a viable option for them due to its lack of feasibility, safety, and affordability [1]. The benefits of breastfeeding are many and are often overshadowed by the risk of HIV transmission in HIV-infected mother-infant pairs. Breastfeeding confers immunological benefits to infants [2], protects infants from diarrhea and pneumonia [3, 4], and may improve cognitive function, only to name a few [5]. In low-income countries, the benefits of breastfeeding are even greater than in high-resource countries. In 2000, the World Health Organization estimated that breastfeeding could prevent 1.3 million infant deaths worldwide [6, 7].
AB - Worldwide, the majority of HIV-infected women live in resource-constrained areas and must breastfeed because replacement feeding is not a viable option for them due to its lack of feasibility, safety, and affordability [1]. The benefits of breastfeeding are many and are often overshadowed by the risk of HIV transmission in HIV-infected mother-infant pairs. Breastfeeding confers immunological benefits to infants [2], protects infants from diarrhea and pneumonia [3, 4], and may improve cognitive function, only to name a few [5]. In low-income countries, the benefits of breastfeeding are even greater than in high-resource countries. In 2000, the World Health Organization estimated that breastfeeding could prevent 1.3 million infant deaths worldwide [6, 7].
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U2 - 10.1007/978-1-4614-2251-8_3
DO - 10.1007/978-1-4614-2251-8_3
M3 - Chapter
C2 - 22454340
AN - SCOPUS:84859916898
SN - 9781461422501
T3 - Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
SP - 39
EP - 49
BT - Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1) and Breastfeeding
PB - Springer Science and Business Media, LLC
ER -