Breastfeeding with maternal antiretroviral therapy or formula feeding to prevent HIV postnatal mother-to-child transmission in Rwanda

Peltier et al.
AIDS
ISSN: 0269-9370 • Frequency: 18/year • Impact Factor: 5.46 • Subscribe Now

This is the first study to compare HIV transmission to newborns when their mothers were given the choice to either breastfeed exclusively while receiving HAART or formula-feed. Both methods resulted in excellent outcomes in terms of HIV-transmission and mortality. This article finds that breast-feeding, when combined with maternal HAART, can be associated with a minimal risk of postnatal transmission.

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