Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding and HIV/AIDS
Summary: This policy brief discusses the benefits of breastfeeding in light of the risk of perinatal HIV transmission. Challenging Assumptions: Breastfeeding...
USAID's Infant & Young Child Nutrition Project
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Counseling card: Risks of Infant Feeding Options for HIV-positive Mothers
Summary: The IYCN Project created this counseling card for use by health workers to help HIV-positive mothers visualize the relative risk of breastfeeding,...
Country-specific approaches for infant feeding and HIV activities
Summary: This fact sheet summarizes IYCN’s approach to designing and implementing infant feeding and HIV activities. Country-specific approaches for infant...
Differential Effects of Early Weaning for HIV-Free Survival of Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers by Severity of Maternal Disease
Summary: This study, published in PLoS ONE in June 2009, compares HIV-positive mothers who stopped breastfeeding at four months with those who breastfed for...
Empowering Communities to Respond to HIV/AIDS—Ndola Demonstration Project on Maternal and Child Health, Operations Research Final Report
Summary: This final report from the LINKAGES Project documents work with the Ndola, Zambia, District Health Management Team to develop the Ndola Demonstration...
Final Report: Our global efforts to prevent malnutrition during the first 1,000 days
Summary: The report summarizes the IYCN Project’s accomplishments and offers recommendations for building on IYCN’s maternal, infant, and young child...
Guidelines on HIV and infant feeding 2010
Summary: The new World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations call for earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy for adults and adolescents, the delivery...
Helping an HIV-positive breastfeeding mother decide how to feed her child at 12 months: A checklist for health care providers
Summary: The IYCN Project developed a job aid with a checklist to help health workers support HIV-positive breastfeeding mothers to decide if they can provide...
HIV and infant feeding counselling tools
Summary: These tools (available in English, French, and Spanish) were created to help health workers before, during, and after a counseling session so that...
HIV and infant feeding Technical Consultation: Consensus statement
Summary: This consensus statement is the product of the World Health Organization HIV and infant feeding Technical Consultation held on behalf of the...