HIV and Breastfeeding
the untold story
$63.38
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2022
Summary
The Ultimate Paradox: HIV and Breastfeeding - The Untold Story
In the early 1980s, the discovery that HIV could be transmitted through breast milk led to a rapid decline in breastfeeding rates, especially in industrialized and African countries. However, the life-saving benefits of breastfeeding were often overlooked, resulting in devastating consequences.
In HIV and Breastfeeding – the untold story, Pamela Morrison, an authority on the subject, reveals how women in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781780667508 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1780667507 |
| Author: | Pamela Morrison |
| Publisher: | Montag & Martin Limited |
| Imprint: | Pinter & Martin Ltd. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2022 |
| Weight: | 730g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Pamela Morrison
Pamela Morrison has been speaking and writing about breastfeeding and HIV since 1995. A former La Leche League Leader, in 1990 she became the first IBCLC in Zimbabwe, where she worked in private practice and served as a member of the Zimbabwe National Multi-sectoral Breastfeeding Committee, as a BFHI trainer and assessor, and assisted with development of national WHO Code legislation and HIV and breastfeeding policy. She was a consultant to the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, authoring the WABA publication, International Policy on HIV and Breastfeeding: a Comprehensive Resource. Since 2005 she has lived and worked in the UK and until her recent retirement continued to contribute to breastfeeding policy and work in private practice to support mothers and babies.
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