Breastfeeding
Feb 25, 2025 | News
The global effort to end vertical HIV transmission and improve maternal and child health has taken a bold step forward with the launch of the HIV Impact Network for Vertical Transmission Elimination (HIVE). As part of this new initiative, ICAP at Columbia University,...
May 21, 2024 | In the Media
ICAP’s Elaine Abrams emphasized that new recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics for lactating women living with HIV emphasize understanding a mother’s desires, providing her with evidence and information, and supporting her in her...
May 21, 2024 | In the Media
The AAP recommendations signal that there is now a consensus among leading medical groups that mothers living with HIV can be supported and counseled in safely breastfeeding their babies, said ICAP’s Elaine...
Jul 13, 2022 | News
“My happiness comes if the baby of the mother I am following is HIV-negative after 18 months,” said Angelina Doki. Doki is a mentor mother in Juba, the capital and largest city of South Sudan. As a mother and person living with HIV, Doki understands how crucial it is...