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Title: Education improves breastfeeeding practices in Zambia. (HIV Prevention).
Publication: Population Briefs (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2003
Publisher: The Population Council, Inc.
Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Page: 1(2)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Last year, 800,000 children became infected with HIV, most of them during their mother's pregnancy, childbirth, or through breastfeeding. The Population Council's Horizons program has tested the introduction of infant feeding counseling to inform women about ways to reduce the risk of HIV transmission during breastfeeding and to support them in their infant feeding choices. The program is being tested at antenatal care clinics in Ndola, Zambia, a low-income setting where antiretroviral drugs are unavailable. The intervention is a collaboration with three nongovernmental organizations, Hope Humana, the LINKAGES project, and the Zambia Integrated Health Project, and two government agencies, the Zambian National Food and Nutrition Commission and the Ndola District Health Management Team.
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