HIV-Positive Pregnant Women and Newborns in South Africa: Medical Hope, Moral
Risk<A HREF="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/456797_1">Medscape article</A>
....Researchers have learned that a single dose of nevirapine or zidovudine
given to mothers at delivery and to newborns within 72 hours of birth can
reduce vertical transmission by 33-50%.[3] Slightly better results are achieved
when newborns are formula fed rather than breast-fed.[4] In light of these
findings, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme
on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) recommended that developing countries provide this
short-course perinatal antiretroviral therapy and advise HIV-infected women not to
breastfeed infants, if possible.[5]:

from <A HREF="http://www.medscape.com/viewpublication/74">American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy</A>
Posted 06/26/2003
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I was unaware of this WHO recomendation in developing countries.  Is this
true?

Christine Betzold NP IBCLC MSN
www.starfireinternational.net/breastfed


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