Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive mothers at Tembisa hospital, South Africa

BACKGROUND: Despite the nutritional, physiological and emotional benefits of breastfeeding, HIV-positive mothers cannot practise exclusive breastfeeding for six months because of a range of influences on their feeding choice – thereby creating a caveat for morbidity in infants. AIM: This study explo...

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Published in:Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
Main Authors: Chaponda, Armelia, Goon, Daniel T., Hoque, Muhammad E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: AOSIS 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566173/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28828874
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1278
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