Preliminaries -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of terms -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Background -- Mother to child transmission -- HIV transmission through breastfeeding -- Preventing transmission through breastfeeding -- Current or planned research -- References
Summary
This book presents a summary of the available scientific evidence on the transmission of HIV infection through breastfeeding. It briefly describes the benefits of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants; and summarizes evidence on the relative risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 infection during pregnancy, delivery, and breastfeeding
