Views from the front lines: Breastfeeding and HIV transmission
CATIE talked to three people with expertise in this area and asked them to share their perspectives and experience related to the supports that parents with HIV need in order to make decisions around infant feeding and the challenges they experience related to breastfeeding.
Vertical HIV transmission should be excluded from criminal prosecution (2009)
Joanne Csete and colleagues argue that criminal laws on HIV transmission and exposure should be reviewed and revised to ensure that vertical transmission is explicitly excluded as an object of criminal prosecution. Scaling up PMTCT services and ensuring that they are affordable, accessible, welcoming and of good quality is the most effective strategy for reducing vertical transmission of HIV and should be the primary strategy in all countries.