Africa: Preventing HIV Transmission in Breastfeeding
- Publisher:
- CambridgeUniversity
- Publication Date:
- 18 October 2010
- Tags:
- Africa, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Health and Medicine
Approximately 200,000 babies every year are infected with HIV by breastfeeding from their mothers, primarily in Sub-Saharan Africa. To reduce this scientists are developing a low-cost, modified nipple shield which dispenses antiviral compounds.
Device May Prevent HIV Transmission
- Mothers' Lifelong Gift to Children
- Nursing Mothers Tasked On Effective Breast Feeding
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Still to Become Reality
- Suswam Makes Case for Exclusive Breast Feeding
- Nipple Device Could Deliver Drugs to Babies
- HIV-Positive Women Still Confused About Infant-Feeding Choices
- Challenging Plan to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission
- HIV Preventive Action Could Save 70,000 Newborns Yearly
Device May Prevent HIV Transmission
- Mothers' Lifelong Gift to Children
- Nursing Mothers Tasked On Effective Breast Feeding
- Exclusive Breastfeeding Still to Become Reality
- Suswam Makes Case for Exclusive Breast Feeding
- Nipple Device Could Deliver Drugs to Babies
- HIV-Positive Women Still Confused About Infant-Feeding Choices
- Challenging Plan to Eliminate Mother-to-Child Transmission
- HIV Preventive Action Could Save 70,000 Newborns Yearly
