[pronut-hiv] WHO HIV and Infant Feeding:Guidelines for Decision-Makers

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WHO HIV and Infant Feeding
Guidelines for Decision-Makers

http://www.who.int/child-adolescent-health/New_Publications/NUTRITION/HIV_IF_DM.pdf

The guidelines presented here are a revision of guidelines originally published, under the same title,1 in 1998.
They have been revised to take account of new scientific and epidemiological information. The main changes are to:
* incorporate recommendations from a WHO Technical Consultation on prevention if mother-to-child
transmission of HIV, held in October 20002
* take account of the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding3 jointly developed by WHO and
UNICEF
* list the actions recommended in the HIV and Infant Feeding Framework for Priority Action4
* incorporate programmatic experience since 1998
* give more guidance for countries considering providing free or subsidized infant formula
* reduce the volume of information on prevention of HIV infection in infants and young children in general
* include new research findings.
1 WHO/UNICEF/UNAIDS. HIV and Infant Feeding: Guidelines for Decision-makers. WHO/FRH/NUT/CHD/98.1, UNAIDS/98.3,
UNICEF/PD/NUT/(J)98-1. Geneva, June 1998.
2 WHO. New data on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and their policy implications. Conclusions and recommendations.
WHO technical consultation on behalf of the UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Motherto- Child Transmission of HIV. Geneva, 11*13 October 2000. Geneva, World Health Organization 2001, WHO/RHR/01.28.
3 WHO. Global strategy for infant and young child feeding. WHA55/2002/REC/1, Annex 2, http://www.who.int/child-adolescenthealth.
4 WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, World Bank, UNHCR, WFP, FAO and IAEA. HIV and Infant Feeding: Framework for
Priority Action. Geneva, 2003.