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HIV and Infant Feeding

Author: UNICEF
Price: Free
No. of pages: 4
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: UNICEF
Languages: English (French/Spanish)

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Without preventive interventions, transmission of the virus occurs during a mother's pregnancy or during childbirth or breastfeeding. Without interventions, about 15 to 30 per cent of children become infected during pregnancy or delivery; about 10 to 20 per cent contract the virus through breastmilk if breastfed for two years. The scale of this urgent problem and the key strategies being used by UNICEF and its partners to respond are covered in this fact sheet.