A mother who is HIV positive and taking antiretroviral drugs can breastfeed exclusively at six months of the baby without transmitting his HIV virus to the baby. These results National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in Botswana, Nigeria. .
Nigeria NACA research results are released by Professor John Idoko, Director of NACA Nigeria, on 26 November. Scientific writing theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights, Closing the Gap Wide in Preventing Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT)".
Before the announcement of the results of this research, international parties are still hesitant to recommend that HIV positive mothers to breastfeed their babies. With this research, the fear that infants born to HIV positive mothers will be infected through mother's milk becomes minimalize. For HIV positive mothers are taking antiretroviral drugs.
Furthermore, recommended that mothers can breastfeed their babies exclusively, even in sickness. Consideration, in addition to all the good baby from mother's milk, the baby also received antibodies from the mother to the disease.
Newborn baby is very vulnerable to infection or infectious diseases in the surrounding environment. The best way to protect babies from infection and various diseases is to give milk.
Why is that? Because breast milk is the best nutrition hygiene, which has the most complete nutrition, and in particular contain antibodies produced by the body of his mother. Antibodies is not owned by any milk substitute, which can protect babies from infection around it.
Breastfeeding can not be compared or replaced by formula feeding. Because the formula is not sterile products. Not to mention for the presentation that needs a place and water, which may not be sterilized first. Therefore, formula feeding will increase the danger of infectious diseases and mal-nutrition.
Infants or children with HIV / AIDS is estimated increasing rapidly. This increased prevalence of infection suspected to easily track, ie at the time during pregnancy, childbirth, or during breastfeeding. People with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA) who did not receive antiretroviral therapy 15-45 percent of children at risk of contracting HIV / AIDS.
