Karleen reports from PlusNews Global:
 
<<Previous guidelines recommended that ARVs be provided to  HIV-positive 
pregnant women only in the third trimester (beginning at 28 weeks).  The new 
guidelines encourage HIV-positive mothers taking ARVs to exclusively  
breastfeed their infants for the first twelve months of life.  >>
 
However, the actual WHO  guidelines state:   
<<WHO now recommends that breastfeeding continue until the infant  is 12 
months of age, provided the HIV-positive mother or baby is taking ARVs  during 
that period. This will reduce the risk of HIV transmission and improve  the 
infant's chance of survival.>> 
I want to  point out that it is important to go to the original source when 
 quoting.  I was curious about the "exclusively breastfeed their infants 
for  the first 12 months of life" because EXCLUSIVE breastfeeding means 
feeding the  baby nothing else -- and that flies in the face of earlier WHO recos 
of starting  solid foods between 4 to 6 months.... 
And yes,  WHO says that breastfeeding continue until the infant is 12 
months of age -- not  "exclusive" breastfeeding.   
I don't  want people to think that babies should not start solid foods at 
the appropriate  time. 
None the  less, this is huge!!  Prior to this babies couldn't receive 
anything else  at all --as soon as they did, presumably when they started solid 
foods,  breastfeeding had to be stopped.  So this is  amazing....
Jan Barger, RN, MA, IBCLC, FILCA
Lactation Education  Consultants
_www.lactationeducation.com_ (http://www.lactationeducation.com/)  

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