• Breastfeeding and HIV: experiences from a decade of prevention of postnatal HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa 

      Moland, Karen Marie; De Paoli, Marina M.; Sellen, Daniel W.; Esterik, Penny van; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)
      Infant feeding by HIV-infected mothers has been a major global public health dilemma and a highly controversial matter. The controversy is reflected in the different sets of WHO infant feeding guidelines that have been ...
    • Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: lessons learnt 

      Blystad, Astrid; Esterik, Penny van; De Paoli, Marina M.; Sellen, Daniel W.; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Moland, Karen Marie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)
      As the papers in this thematic series have illustrated, the postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategy has struggled with lack of local relevance. In an attempt to increase our understanding ...
    • Ways ahead: protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding in the context of HIV 

      Moland, Karen Marie; Esterik, Penny van; Sellen, Daniel W.; De Paoli, Marina M.; Leshabari, Sebalda Charles; Blystad, Astrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-10-26)
      The HIV epidemic coupled with the assumed benefits of infant formula for the children of all HIV-infected mothers have in complex ways changed public ideas about infant feeding and represents a threat to well establish ...