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HIV transmission through breastfeeding : a review of available evidence / UNICEF, UNAIDS, WHO, UNFPA.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- HIV infections--Transmission.
- HIV infections.
- Infants--Nutrition.
- Infants.
- Infants--Health and hygiene.
- Breastfeeding--Health aspects.
- Breastfeeding.
- AIDS (Disease) in infants--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease) in infants.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (31 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Human immunodeficiency virus transmission through breastfeeding
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents a summary of the available scientific evidence on the transmission of HIV infection through breastfeeding. It briefly describes the benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants; and summarizes evidence on the relative risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary of terms; Executive summary; Introduction; Background; Mother to child transmission; HIV transmission through breastfeeding; Preventing transmission through breastfeeding; Current or planned research; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 21-25).
- ISBN:
- 1-280-14133-6
- 9786610141333
- 1-4175-7760-6
- 92-4-068068-3
- OCLC:
- 476035174
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