Sentences with phrase «current infant feeding recommendations»
On August 15, 2017 the Kansas Breastfeeding Coalition joined over 40 organizations in requesting a meeting with the co-founders of the Fed is Best (FIB) Foundation to discuss their position on current infant feeding recommendations and associated health care practices.
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Building on current research, the 2010 global HIV and infant feeding guidelines and ARV recommendations for prevention of transmission of vertical HIV show that, for the first time, there is enough evidence to recommend ARVs while breastfeeding.
As a consequence, today's HIV - positive mothers are enabled to avoid both the stigma and the risks of formula - feeding because current HIV and infant feeding guidance is once again more closely aligned to WHO recommendations for their uninfected counterparts, in place over the last decade: exclusive breastfeeding for 6 months and continued breastfeeding with the introduction of age - appropriate complementary feeding for up to 2 years or beyond.
The guidelines contain an overview of international policy, goals and guidelines; background on HIV and infant feeding; current recommendations for HIV - positive women and considerations relating to different feeding options; an overview of the process of developing or revising a national policy on infant and young child feeding incorporating HIV concerns; considerations for countries considering the provision of free or low - cost infant formula; suggestions for protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate infant feeding in the general population; key issues in supporting HIV - positive women in their infant feeding decisions; and considerations on monitoring and evaluation.
Mothers known to be HIV - infected should be supported to exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months of life, to introduce appropriate complementary foods thereafter, and to continue breastfeeding for the first 12 months, along with provision of ARVs, as per current WHO recommendations on HIV and infant feeding (see references below).
Current recommendations now suggest that an infant start solid foods or complementary feedings, in addition to formula or breastmilk feedings, at a more developmentally appropriate six months of age.
Comparison of Infant Feeding Patterns Reported for Nonindustrial Populations with Current Recommendations.
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According to current UN recommendations, infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life, and thereafter should received appropriate complementary feeding with continued breastfeeding up to two years or beyond.