Gloria asks what exactly is affordable for ABM for babies of HIV+ mothers. That is one of the huge questions, over which UNICEF must have agonized for years before making Thursday's announcment. (Given the decades of deep commitment to world breastfeeding, it must have been agonizing for UNICEF to announce it would explore ways to distribute ABM as cheaply as possible. To Uganda, Zambia, Cambodia, etc.? It is heart-breaking!) Yes, UNICEF has considered homemade formulas and wet nursing and heat treatment of mother's own breastmilk, and AZT-augmented breastfeeding. UNICEF is *extremely* committed to breastfeeding. I think ABM will have to be extremely cheap; after all, no one expects impoverished HIV+ women to buy their own AZT to use in pregnancy and childbirth. The Thai government gives out a year of free ABM for babies of HIV+ mothers (a huge population) and the Thai government is struggling financially with free AZT and free ABM. I was in Thailand in November 1996 - I was one of the two people sponsored by UNICEF to represent the United States at the First International Colloquium on Breastfeeding Training -- ane we talked especially about the Thai experience, with UNICEF's Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative there and with ABM, preferably cup fed. Edith White