I heard Pam Morrison speak on HIV in Africa at the LLLI conference in Chicago in 2001. She mentioned the major sociological impact to be reckoned with when a woman chooses not to breastfeed in the many developing countries of Africa where breastfeeding is the prevailing norm...  If a mother gives her baby a bottle, it will be seen as a blatant announcement of her HIV positive status.  As a result, both she and her child will be ostracized by her community and family, threatening the lives and health of both mother and child. A death sentence by bottle.

Linda Anderson, NJ, LLLLGet more from the Web.  FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com

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