Researchers urge mothers in Botswana to breast-feed

Risk of transmitting HIV outweighed by diarrhea worries

 

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/27/MNG82OBL0Q1.D
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A deadly outbreak of diarrhea among children in Botswana last year is
forcing international health experts to reconsider strategies that encourage
HIV-infected mothers in poor countries to bottle-feed their babies. 

The Botswana babies who took infant formula instead of breast milk were 50
times more likely to come down with a range of potentially deadly
gastrointestinal diseases after floodwaters caused widespread contamination
of water supplies. 

 

 

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Janice Reynolds


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