Kate you wrote:
"ok, they're not giving quite the full story here, but
at least they acknowledge that women are going to
breastfeed."

The article is acknowledging that women in developing nations are going to
breastfeed, not women in developed nations. It reflects the current
schizophrenic approach to breastfeeding and hiv/aids; one policy for developed nations and
one for developing nations.

These products will be marketed in developing nations.  Obviously, these
researchers have no clue that human milk is "probiotic."  Or they have come to the
conclusion that there is a "deficiency."  I guess if ya can't market infant
formula to developing nations, then the next best thing would be to declare
human milk deficient in lactobacillus and market the product for infants.

The article states, "With the success of treating HIV-infected mothes before
delivery to prevent transmission of the virus to the baby, breast-feeding is
now the major route by which infant do become infected in Africa."

I don't believe this is true because in Africa very few hiv-infected mothers
are being treated before delivery.  Pregnancy and delivery are responsible for
most of the transmission of hiv/aids from mother to child. Does treatment
negate the mode of transmission?  If one has to treat for transmission, then I
would suggest that pregnancy and delivery are still the major routes of hiv
transmission.  This statement is a distortion and a disfavor to breastfeeding.

The researcher states that his approach, "freeze-dried Lactobacillus has the
potential to prevent half a million HIV infections annually."  Of course,
adding this supplement to infants will or will not damage exclusive breastfeeding?
 As you say Kate, "they are not giving quite the full story here..."
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC



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