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 TL 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. (see link for full article) Janice Reynolds *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]