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SUBMITTER: Gribble K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7381860 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gribble Karleen K Mathisen Roger R Ververs Mija-Tesse MT Coutsoudis Anna A
International breastfeeding journal 20200725 1
<h4>Background</h4>In an effort to prevent infants being infected with SARS-CoV-2, some governments, professional organisations, and health facilities are instituting policies that isolate newborns from their mothers and otherwise prevent or impede breastfeeding.<h4>Weighing of risks is necessary in policy development</h4>Such policies are risky as was shown in the early response to the HIV pandemic where efforts to prevent mother to child transmission by replacing breastfeeding with infant form ...[more]