Effect of the HIV epidemic on infant feeding in South Africa: "When they see me coming with the tins they laugh at me"

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-96

  Doherty, Tanya ^a   Chopra, Mickey ^b   Nkonki, Lungiswa ^a   Jackson, Debra ^c   Greiner, Ted ^d  

^a Health Systems Trust   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa South of the sahara (source: MeSH, NLM); Breast feeding; Cohort studies; Disease transmission, Vertical prevention and control; HIV infections prevention and control; HIV infections transmission; Infant food

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT FEEDING; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; MOTHERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOUTH AFRICA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33244478997     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.04.019448     Document Type: Article

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