From: <b class="gmail_sendername">waba</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:waba@waba.org.my">waba@waba.org.my</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="FONT-SIZE:12pt" lang="EN-GB">World AIDS Day
2012<u></u><u></u><u></u></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">We are pleased to share with you WABA’s
statement for the World AIDS Day 2012 on the theme “Getting to Zero:<span>
</span>Health for all HIV-Positive mothers and Zero HIV-transmission to their
babies”. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In conjunction with World AIDS Day, WABA is
pleased to launch a resource document on HIV and breastfeeding with the title
“<b>Understanding International Policy on HIV and Breastfeeding: a comprehensive
resource</b>”. This resource aims to clarify the confusion which has arisen
during the last decade due to changing HIV and infant feeding guidance. The
resource is intended for policy-makers, breastfeeding advocates, national
breastfeeding committees, public health advocates, women’s health activists and
others working in the community. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">This Resource also summarises up-to-date
scientific evidence as at the end of 2012. Research emerging between WHO’s 2006
and 2010 guidance documents shows conclusively that maternal/infant ARV regimens
during pregnancy and breastfeeding greatly reduce vertical transmission of HIV;
and that exclusive and continued breastfeeding significantly improves overall
HIV-free survival.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Please click on <a href="http://waba.org.my/whatwedo/hcp/ihiv.htm#statement" target="_blank">http://waba.org.my/whatwedo/hcp/ihiv.htm#statement</a>
<span> </span>for the statement.<u></u><u></u><br>Please click on <a href="http://waba.org.my/whatwedo/hcp/ihiv.htm#kit" target="_blank">http://waba.org.my/whatwedo/hcp/ihiv.htm#kit</a>
<span> </span>to access the full HIV Resource
document.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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