Can an HIV positive mother breast feed a child ?
Though an HIV positive mother has HIV present in the breast milk, but the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends the HIV infected mother should breast feed her child because the advantages of breastfeeding outweigh it’s disadvantage. Moreover, the concentration of the virus in the breast milk is unlikely to cause HIV infection in the baby. However, there are many controversies whether the mother should or should not breastfeed the baby.
