Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Burkina Faso: breastfeeding and wet nursing
Nacro, B.; Barro, M.; Gaudreault, S.; Dao, B.
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 56(3): 183-186
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 0142-6338 PMID: 19812224 DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmp083Document Number: 211674
A survey of the knowledge of women about HIV and breastfeeding. 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. 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). 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.