Operational Effectiveness of Guidelines on Complete Breast-Feeding Cessation to Reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: Results From a Prospective Observational Cohort Study at Routine Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Sites, South Africa

Abstract

At programmatic level, CBC by 24 weeks is uncommon, and success seems unrelated to predetermined social, economic, and environmental (acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable, and safe AFASS) criteria. Thus at this level, activities that encourage CBC (amongst women meeting AFASS criteria) need to be identified and tested.