This section of WABA's website provides resources and information on key issues such as what interventions should be put in place to prevent transmission of HIV through breastfeeding, while also protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding for the majority of children who benefit from it. It also tries to address the question of how to decide which children would be at greater risk from being breastfed. An additional difficulty is the need to encourage HIV-positive mothers to choose either exclusive replacement feeding or exclusive breastfeeding, since neither is common in low-income populations
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Keywords
Development/ Humanitarian; inclusive emergency preparedness and planning; Disability and community; family & caregivers; Disability and social diversity; children with disabilities; Health; issues: malnutrition; issues: maternal and child health; risk factors; sexual health; systems: service delivery
