Infant Feeding Practices Before Implementing Alternatives to Prolonged Breastfeeding to Reduce HIV Transmission Through Breastmilk in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire | Zendy

Renaud Becquet | Zendy; Katia Castetbon | Zendy; Ida Viho | Zendy; Didier Koumavi Ekouévi | Zendy; Laurence Béquet | Zendy; Brigitte Ehouo | Zendy; François Dabis | Zendy; Valériane Leroy | Zendy

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Infant Feeding Practices Before Implementing Alternatives to Prolonged Breastfeeding to Reduce HIV Transmission Through Breastmilk in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Author(s) -

Renaud Becquet,

Katia Castetbon,

Ida Viho,

Didier Koumavi Ekouévi,

Laurence Béquet,

Brigitte Ehouo,

François Dabis,

Valériane Leroy

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

journal of tropical pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.464

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1465-3664

pISSN - 0142-6338

DOI - 10.1093/tropej/fmi050

Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , cote d ivoire , infant feeding , breast feeding , population , psychological intervention , pediatrics , transmission (telecommunications) , environmental health , infant formula , developing country , infant nutrition , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , demography , family medicine , nursing , research methodology , philosophy , sociology , economic growth , humanities , electrical engineering , economics , engineering

The aim of this study was to describe baseline infant feeding practices in women of unknown HIV status in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, before the implementation of infant feeding interventions aimed at the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV through breastmilk. We conducted a cross-sectional survey in March 2000 among 225 mothers attending community-run health facilities with their own child for either immunization or weighting. All but two children had ever been breastfed, of whom 94 per cent were still being breastfed at 6 months of age. Exclusive breastfeeding was not practiced in this population since all women had given water to their child, starting in median one day after birth. Moreover, 20 per cent of the mothers had introduced infant formula in median three weeks after delivery. This study provides useful information for planning purposes in this urban African population, where exclusive breastfeeding is rare and the use of infant formula relatively common.

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