Infant Feeding and Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV

This article presents information for clinicians in antenatal services about which infant feeding practices are efficacious in preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV and reducing infant mortality. The findings are derived from a systematic review by The Cochrane Library: Interventions for late postnatal mother-to- child transmission of HIV (Hovarth, Iuppa, Kennedy, Madi, Read & Rutherford, 2009). Key Words : human immunodeficiency virus 1, HIV, counselling, infant feeding, breast feeding, formula feeding, antiretroviral drugs.