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HIV positive mothers encouraged to adopt exclusive breastfeeding

Mothers are encouraged to eat a balanced diet for nutritional supplements. [Courtesy]

Grace (not her real name) cuddles her one-year-old baby at Gilgil town, on a chilly morning. As the globe marks World Breastfeeding Week, Grace is among celebrated HIV positive mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding their babies. Despite myths and misinformation that surround breastfeeding for HIV positive mothers, Grace was advised that it is safe to suckle her baby since she is on ARV treatment.

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