Dr Elizabeth Mbizvo & Dr Zibusiso Nyati-Jokomo
Dr Elizabeth Mbizvo is a Public Health Physician who is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Zimbabwe. She has more than 25 year's experience working on HIV programs and research with specific focus on paediatric HIV.
Dr Zibusiso Nyati-Jokomo is a Medical Sociologist and a Senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, College of Health sciences, University of Zimbabwe. Her main interests are on blending the biomedical and the social science perspectives in health research.
Dr Zibusiso Nyati-Jokomo is a Medical Sociologist and a Senior lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, College of Health sciences, University of Zimbabwe. Her main interests are on blending the biomedical and the social science perspectives in health research.
‘Killing my Own Baby’: Challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers with HIV
Prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission programs aim to reduce the rate of babies born infected with HIV by treating women during pregnancy and the breastfeeding period. These programs are very effective when followed, but adherence is often a challenge. In this blog post, authors of a new qualitative paper published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth discuss what they learned from interviewing women who were facing challenges with breastfeeding and with prevention program adherence.
Zimbabwe is working towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. All pregnant and breastfeeding women who are HIV-infected are initiated on Option B+ treatment for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Women on this regimen are encouraged to exclusively breastfeed for six months along with starting or continuing antiretroviral therapy (ART). Exclusive breastfeeding is not an easy feat, particularly for HIV-infected mothers. Our study explored the challenges faced by these women on the PMTCT program.
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