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Effect of Nutrition on HIV
Well nourished HIV-infected person
Improved quality of life
Active
Ability to care for themselves
Reduced illness from infections and recover more quickly
Good appetite and stable weight
Good earning capacity and able to help the family and reduced the cost of health care
No school absenteeism, better education and development
More energy

HIV and infant feeding 2
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Risk increased to 20% if breastfed for at least 24 months

Mother known to be HIV infected should follow the following recommendations.
1. Mothers known to be HIV-infected should be provided with lifelong ART
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breastfeeding according to WHO recommenda tions.
2. Mothers known to be HIV-infected (and whose infants are HIV uninfected or
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then only stop once a nutritionally adequate and safe diet without breast milk
can be provided.

3. When mothers decide to stop breastfeeding
Mothers known to be HIV-infected who decide to stop breastfeeding at any
time should stop gradually within one month. Mothers or infants who have
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after breastfeeding is fully stopped.
Stopping breastfeeding abruptly is not advisable.

4. What to feed infants when mothers stop breastfeeding
When mothers known to be HIV-infected decide to stop breastfeeding at any
time, infants should be provided with safe and adequate replacement feeds to
enable normal growth and develop ment.

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