Nutrition and HIV-Aids

HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines for Decision-Makers

GUIDELINES for decision-makers highlighting areas of special concern around infant feeding and HIV on which policy decisions need to be made locally. They include a list of key steps and questions to guide decision-makers through the process of thinking and deciding on key issues. They are an update of the 1998 version.

Key steps for decision-makers

1. Context
2. HIV transmission through breastfeeding: risks and options
3. Policy on infant and young child feeding
4. Appropriate marketing and distribution of breast-milk substitutes
5. Protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant and young child feeding practices in the context of HIV
6. Supporting HIV-positive women in their infant feeding decisions
7. Monitoring, formative research and evaluation

These guidelines can be accessed here