Questions and answers on HIV and infant feeding

WHO recommends that all mothers living with HIV should receive life-long antiretroviral therapy (ART) to support their health and to ensure the wellbeing of their infants. WHO released guidelines in July 2016 advising that, in countries that have opted to promote and support breastfeeding together with ART, mothers living with HIV who are on ART and adherent to therapy should breastfeed exclusively for the first 6 months, and then add complementary feeding until 12 months of age. Breastfeeding with complementary feeding may continue until 24 months of age or beyond.
Source: WHO Feature Stories - Category: Global & Universal Tags: breastfeeding [subject], colostrum, hiv/aids [subject], hiv, hiv infections, aids Source Type: news