Stigma Preventing Some HIV-Positive Women In Kenya From Following Recommended Infant Feeding Practices

May 7, 2009 by admin 

Some HIV-positive women in Kenya are following cultural infant feeding practices, such as starting solid foods at an early age, instead of World Health Organization recommendations that infants born to HIV-positive women be exclusively breastfed for the first six months to improve their chances of survival, IRIN/PlusNews reports.

Source: Stigma Preventing Some HIV-Positive Women In Kenya From Following Recommended Infant Feeding Practices

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