Breastfeeding and HIV in African countries

Cutting, W.A.

Lancet 343(8893): 362

1994


ISSN/ISBN: 0140-6736
PMID: 7905176
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(94)91204-1
Document Number: 277499
Correspondence includes 2 letters referring to a review by Ziegler of the role of breast-feeding in vertical transmission of HIV. The limited availability of HIV testing, under-five mortality figures, the safety of artificial feeding of infants, and lactational amenorrhoea as a contraceptive are considered as factors reducing the applicability of studies on HIV and breast-feeding for African countries.

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