HIV-positive mothers have long been advised to protect their newborns from infection by feeding them formula rather than breast milk. In areas of Africa where clean water isn’t always available, though, mothers have to augment infants’ diets with breast milk, a seemingly logical compromise that POZ (July-Aug. 2007) reports is actually the worst possible approach. Studies show that alternating bottle and breast doubles the risk of transmission compared to exclusively breast-feeding. Mixing in solid foods increases the odds of infection even more.
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