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Click on image to enlarge WHO Practice Statements for Women Living with HIV Any mother that is mixed feeding in the first 6 months should be encouraged to return to exclusive breastfeeding. However, mothers living with HIV and health-care workers can be reassured that ART reduces the risk of postnatal HIV transmission in the context of mixed feeding. Although exclusive breastfeeding is recommende
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WHO Practice Statements for Women Living with HIV
- Any mother that is mixed feeding in the first 6 months should be encouraged to return to exclusive breastfeeding.
- However, mothers living with HIV and health-care workers can be reassured that ART reduces the risk of postnatal HIV transmission in the context of mixed feeding. Although exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, practicing mixed feeding with formula milk is not a reason to stop breastfeeding in the presence of ARV drugs.
- Mothers living with HIV and health-care workers can be reassured that shorter durations of breastfeeding of less than 12 months are better than never initiating breastfeeding at all.
South African National Department of Health, Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2_August 2023