“In the United States, we say, ‘No breastfeeding,’ but that is no longer realistic<i>”</i>: provider perspectives towards infant feeding among women living with HIV in the United States

Abstract

The majority of provider respondents cared for a WLHIV who desired to breastfeed, and a third had WLHIV who breastfed despite recommendations against it. Providers found that the status of U.S. guidelines and their incongruity with WHO guidelines left them without adequate resources to support WLHIV's infant feeding decisions. Our findings provide important insight to inform professional associations' discussions about public health policy as they consider future directions for infant feeding guidelines among WLHIV.