Karleen, thanks again.  Your numbers are going up then.... while I 
was there I manually counted all the cases of MTCT there had ever 
been, and it was 28, from 1985 to 2004.  And now it's close to 30 per 
annum?  And I'd wager that most of the mothers are from overseas, 
mainly Africa... Hard.

Pamela

At 14:31 14/04/2014, you wrote:
>Date:    Mon, 14 Apr 2014 22:05:56 +1000
>From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Australian HIV and infant feeding recommendations
>
>In practice AFAIK it is a case of if you are HIV then you don't 
>breastfeed. However, the numbers of HIV+ve women who give birth in 
>Australia is very low- less than 30 a year in the latest stats I could find.
>Karleen Gribble
>Australia


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