Infant feeding counseling: a neglected strategy for the reduction of mother-to-child transmission.

摘要

We were dismayed by the absence of infant feeding counseling in the recent publication 'The global strategy to eliminate HIV infection in infants and young children: a seven-country assessment of costs and feasibility' [1]. The assessment was based only on the promotion of family planning to people with HIV, HIV testing and counseling of pregnant women in antenatal care, provision of antiretroviral and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis to HIV-infected women and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis to HIV-exposed infants.