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HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines for Decision-Makers
GUIDELINES for decision-makers highlighting areas of special concern around infant feeding and HIV on which policy decisions need to be made locally. They include a list of key steps and questions to guide decision-makers through the process of thinking and deciding on key issues. They are an update of the 1998 version.
Key steps for decision-makers
- Context
- HIV transmission through breastfeeding: risks and options
- Policy on infant and young child feeding
- Appropriate marketing and distribution of breast-milk substitutes
- Protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant and young child feeding practices in the context of HIV
- Supporting HIV-positive women in their infant feeding decisions
- Monitoring, formative research and evaluation
These guidelines can be accessed here
Author:
WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS, UNFPA
Year:
2003