In a message dated 6/4/03 6:01:38 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> In whose interest is
> it that breastfeeding is presumed guilty and needs to prove its innocence?
> Who is making money -- and gaining acceptance for its products --  out of
> our well meaning response to this?  Who else is making political capital,
> and using this in the grand game of international politics?  Do we want to
> just sing the role in the chorus written for us on the hymn sheets of
> industry?
>
>

Dear Friends:
     So what is an option here from a public health perspective?
     Yes, the daycare worker nursed another's baby from a compassionate
motive. However, that is not part of the job description of a daycare worker.
     There is no evidence yet that I know of, where HIV has been transmitted
through one bout of nursing. Yet it can be transmitted through one bout of
sexual activity.
     What would be the best solution in this case? For the daycare worker and
the baby to be tested for HIV, probably more than once over a period of 6
months, given that conversion to positive status can take months or years? What
of the mother's worry? What to do about that?
     warmly,
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CIMI, CCE, craniosacral therapy
Adjunct faculty, Union Institute and University, Maternal and Child Health:
Lactation Consulting
Supporting the WHO Code and the Mother Friendly Childbirth Initiative

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