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HIV and infant feeding : guidelines for decision-makers

UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF)
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
JOINT UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME ON HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND (UNFPA)
2003

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Contents: 1. Overview 2. Protecting, promoting and supporting appropriate feeding practices for infants and young children in the context of HIV 3. Supporting HIV-positive women in their infant-feeding decisions 4. Monitoring and evaluation

Complementary feeding of young children in developing countries : a review of current scientific knowledge

BROWN, Kenneth
DEWEY, Kathryn
ALLEN, Lindsay
1998

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This review is intended primarily for health professionals and others concerned with the nutrition, health and well-being of children. The objective is to provide the background information that is necessary for the development of scientifically sound feeding recommendations and appropriate intervention programmes to enhance children's dietary intake and nutritional status. The document discusses the intricate links between maternal nutrition and appropriate breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices

Persistent diarrhoea and breastfeeding

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO)
Division of Child Health and Development (CHD)
1997

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This is a review that includes the definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and risk factors of persistent diarrhoea. It also addresses the protective properties of breastmilk, the effect of breastfeeding and breastmilk on diarrhoea and the nutritional treatment of persistent diarrhoea

Persistent diarrhoea and breastfeeding

ONNELA, Taina
1997

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This is a review that includes the definition, epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology and risk factors of persistent diarrhoea. It also addresses the protective properties of breastmilk, the effect of breastfeeding and breastmilk on diarrhoea and the nutritional treatment of persistent diarrhoea

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