Held on behalf of the Inter-agency Task Team (IATT) on Prevention of HIV Infections in Pregnant Women, Mothers and their Infants
Geneva, October 25-27, 2006

Consensus Statement

Researchers, programme implementers, infant feeding experts and representatives of the IATT, UN agencies, the WHO Regional Office for Africa and six WHO headquarters departments gathered in Geneva in order to review the substantial body of new evidence and experience regarding HIV and infant feeding that has been accumulating since a previous technical consultation in October 2000, and since the Glion and Abuja calls to action on the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. The aim was to establish whether it is possible to clarify and refine the existing UN guidance, which was based on the recommendations from the previous meeting.

After three days of technical and programmatic presentations and intensive discussion, the group endorsed the general principles underpinning the October 2000 recommendations and, based on the new evidence and experience presented, reached consensus regarding a range of issues and their implications. This statement presents a preliminary summary pending publication of the full report.

Read the Preliminary Summary in English

Leia o Resumo Preliminar em Português

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