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IFM Position on Infant Nutrition and HIV/AIDS cont'd

IFM was pleased to participate in the Technical Consultation meeting convened by WHO to review existing scientific research on feeding practices of infants and young children at risk of contracting Mother-To-Child-Transmission of HIV/AIDS. IFM and its member companies welcome further collaboration on initiatives with governments, health authorities and international health agencies, as appropriate, to help prevent further transmission of HIV/AIDS.
As recommended in the Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding, mothers should be empowered to make a fully informed choice about infant feeding choices and be supported in implementing their decisions.
Making breast-milk substitutes acceptable feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe for women with the HIV virus may help to prevent the further spread of MTCT of HIV/AIDS, in instances where babies are exclusively formula fed.
IFM member companies are committed to the aims of the WHO's International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in countries where they do business, including those suffering from the AIDS pandemic.
HIV/AIDS and infant feeding is a complex issue and there are still significant knowledge gaps. IFM encourages further research in this area and in the meantime continues to follow UN policy recommendations.

Posted February 2006