[pronut-hiv] Toronto Satellite Symposium on HIV and infant feeding

["Ted Greiner" <tedgreiner@yahoo.com>]

2006 International AIDS Conference  HIV and infant feeding  PATH Satellite Session, #113
  Infant feeding counseling is intended to be an integral part of preventing mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programs. During this session a panel of experts will address how counseling is taking place in actual programs, focusing on challenges experienced and the resulting needs for strengthening existing policy guidance and implementation practices.
  Location  Tuesday, August 15, 2006
  7:00?8:30 am?Skills Building Room 6
  Organized by PATH: 1800 K Street, Washington, DC, 20006, USA
  Contact Christina Kramer 1.202.822.0033
  Speaker list and presentation titles  Moderator Christina Kramer, Sr. Program Officer
  PATH, USA
  Appropriateness of prenatal infant feeding choices by HIV+ women: Implications for infant outcomes. 
  Ms.Tanya Doherty, Senior Researcher
  Health Systems Trust and Medical Research Council, South Africa
  HIV transmission and mortality associated with exclusive breastfeeding: Implications for counselling HIV-infected women. 
  Dr. Nigel Rollins, Professor and Researcher
  University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  Feeding HIV-exposed babies after 6 months of exclusive breastfeeding: issues, challenges, and unanswered questions. 
  Dr. Jean Humphrey, Principal Investigator
  Zimbabwe Vitamin A for Mothers and Babies (ZVITAMBO) Project
  Infant feeding counseling: getting it right.
  Ms. Naume Tavengwa, Clinical Social Worker & PMTCT Coordinator
  ZVITAMBO project, Zimbabwe
  Post natal decision making on infant feeding among HIV+ mothers. 
              

Dr. Ted Greiner, Senior Nutritionist
  PATH, USA
  After the conference, copies of the presentations will be available at: www.path.org/news/an060813_AIDSconf_infant_feeding.php.

 		
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