Published in : 2003 Available in : English GUIDELINES aimed at health-care managers and supervisors through the process of thinking about and deciding how to organize services. The background to the problem and the organization of the guide are outlined first. The next section describes the need to balance the risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding against the risk of malnutrition and death from not breastfeeding; it describes also current approaches to the prevention of HIV transmission to pregnant women, mothers and their children. Chapter 1: Overview Chapter 2: Protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate feeding practices for infants and young children in the context of HIV Chapter 3: Supporting HIV-positive women in their infant-feeding decisions Chapter 4: Monitoring and evaluation Documents : HIV_IF_guide_for_healthcare managers and supervisors (PDF, 1.37Mb) |
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This resource is listed under: Themes : Breastfeeding, general, Complementary feeding, general, Emergency, general, Interventions, general, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, general, Nutrition assessments and M&E, general, Breastfeeding counseling, Breastfeeding counseling, Exclusive breastfeeding, HTP module 20, Infant feeding in emergencies, Infant formula / BMS, Infant, Young Child Feeding, PMTCT, PMTCT, PMTCT Life-cycle focus : Lactation, Infancy Resource types : Guidelines Working groups : Breastfeeding and complementary feeding, Nutrition and HIV/AIDS, Nutrition in Emergencies |