Today the report continued and talked about using Vitamin A doses at birth for the mother and baby to cut down risk of transmission of HIV through the breastmilk. It focused a lot on the issue of whether a study with placebo for some mothers and Vit. A for others was ethical in a country where women didn't know what a placebo was and often thought they were all getting the vitamin. One statement that did bother me (and I think this was said both days) was that formula was not an option for these women because of the expense of it. That implied that it would be the answer if they had more money. It just reminded me of an African-American friend who said that her mother breastfed all eleven of her kids, but that when she grew up and had the money to buy formula that's what she did. I hope that the idea of formula becoming a status symbol because of its cost isn't becoming prevalent in third world countries. Seems like somewhere else I heard that there was still pressure to breastfeed because if you gave the baby formula people were suspicious that it meant you had HIV. Anyone know about this?