I was very interested at the recent ALCA conference to listen to Randah
Sadeh from WHO speak about HIV and breastfeeding that breastfeeding by a
HIV- woman  is one of the possibilities to be explored with new mothers who
are HIV+ Apparently research is underway to determine whether child-mother
transmission of HIV happens.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

> Thanks for the page number in the WHO Global Strategy.  I was surprised by
> this document, actually:  it says, "for those few health situations where
> infants cannot, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best
> alternative -- expressed breast milk from an infant's own mother, breast
milk
> from a healthy wet-nurse or a human-milk bank, or a breast-milk substitute
> fed with a cup, which is a safer method than a feeding bottle and teat --
> depends on individual circumstances."

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