Exclusive Breastfeeding And Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission Of Hiv Among Pregnant Women

Exclusive Breastfeeding And Prevention Of Mother To Child Transmission Of Hiv Among Pregnant Women

Chapter One

Preface

Background of the study

The fact that formula feeding can be delicate to achieve in resource poor settings, coupled with breastfeeding’s recorded benefits for precluding malnutrition and serious contagious conditions, has redounded in exclusive breastfeeding being recommended by WHO for women living with HIV in resource poor settings handed they’ve access to ART. Formula feeding is recommended for women living with HIV in countries in high resource settings( Ngoma- Hazemba and Ncama, 2016 WHO, 2016). The fact that advice for women is different in low and high resource settings has led to a certain quantum of confusion about the stylish approach to suckling for women living with HIV

Ngoma- Hazemba and Ncama, 2016)

One study from Malawi reported that while the maturity of maters chose to simply breastfeed because “ that’s the advice they give to HIV-positive women ”, utmost maters reported mixed feeding in the first six months. A number of reasons were given for this including traditional feeding practices, a poor understanding of what exclusive breastfeeding involves, as well as poor communication about why women should simply breastfeed( Levy, 2010).

exploration from Tanzania compared two hospitals that offered different child feeding options. Hospital A promoted exclusive breastfeeding as the only child feeding option, while sanitarium B followed Tanzanian PMTCT child feeding guidelines which promote patient choice. Women in sanitarium A trusted the advice given and were confident in their capability to simply breastfeed, whereas women in sanitarium B expressed confusion and query about how to stylish feed their babies( Vaga, 2014).

In a study carried out in Jos, Nigeria, it was revealed that women who primarily gave formula milk complained of family pressure as their reason for breastfeeding( Sheela, Pam, Dilhatu, Edwina, Buki and Anuri, 2015). In Zaria, maters that rehearsed formula feeding complained of passions of wrathfulness and guilt as well as inadequacy for not being suitable to play their maternal part of bone- feeding their babies. They also complained of high cost of formula, the fear of stigmatization and social demarcation. These frequently force them to bone- feed( Musa, Muktar and Adulkadir, 2016). Factors that supported formula feeding include active managing capability, exposure of status to partner or important family members, ménage income, educational status of mama , occupation of mama and mode of delivery especially by caesarian section( Yetayesh and Jemal, 2014).