It was also reported on NPR - no mention of how many babies were likely to
die from NOT being breastfed.  I agree, it was not well done.  Also, there
was no mention of exclusive vs. partial breastfeeding.

Barrett Dunn, CLC
Colorado

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Leslie Smith [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, March 01, 2000 10:18
Subject:        Hiv and Breastfeeding

Today in an online news article from Infobeat.com, there was an article on
reducing the transmission of HIV by as much as 40% is mothers did not
breastfeed. I understand that HIV can be transmitted via breastmilk, I just
thought that this was a very poor article, suggesting that formula is
better. Just wondering if anyone else saw it and had any comments?  The
address is:www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story  the story number
is:2564649683-d19.    Just curious.  Thanks.

Leslie

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