See a list of health and service providers who are knowledgeable and affirming of parents' choices around infant feeding and HIV.
I had the extreme honor of presenting our poster Updated Infant Feeding Recommendations for US Parents Living with HIV: Empowering Patient/Provider Partnership & Communication at the 2024 National Ryan White Conference...
This comprehensive, multi-tiered project expands upon our efforts to increase knowledge and expand access to information around breast/chestfeeding and HIV.
Browse a collection of materials and video discussions, curated for healthcare professionals, from our comprehensive, multi-tiered effort to increase knowledge around breast/chestfeeding and HIV.
The Well Project compiled all our programs (including fact sheets, presentations, and more) on the crucial topic of infant feeding and HIV in this new resource page.
Read about or watch an impassioned, informative presentation by South Africa-based colleague Natasha Davies, MD, making a powerful case for providers to build trust with parents living with HIV around infant-feeding discussions.
Groundbreaking infant-feeding updates in the US Perinatal HIV Clinical Guidelines have led healthcare providers to report significantly increased support for birthing parents living with HIV who are interested in breast/chestfeeding, The Well Project reports.
The Well Project's Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin recently published "Parenting with HIV: a Patient's View on Updated Infant Feeding Guidelines in the US" in the medical journal HIV Research and Clinical Practice.
Updated infant feeding guidance from the premier US pediatric provider group stresses a "family-centered, nonjudgmental" approach to support parents living with HIV who want to breast/chestfeed and are taking effective HIV treatment.
Breast milk is well known to be the best food for most babies – and there is much to learn about this magical substance in the context of HIV. The Well Project's Olivia G. Ford summarizes posters on the topic from CROI 2024.
On a recent episode of TheBody's Instagram Live series “At Home With,” The Well Project executive director Krista Martel talks with Charles Sanchez about what our organization is up to.
Deciding how to feed your infant can be confusing for parents living with HIV. Read more about benefits and challenges of breast/chestfeeding.
HIV treatment guidelines provide a lot of useful health information. Learn more about specific guidelines for people living with HIV who wish to become pregnant, are pregnant, or have given birth.
So, if you remember my last blog, I shared my pregnancy news and my plans to breastfeed my baby. Well, I breastfed, it didn't last long though, but let's get into this short story.
Ashley shared a message for others living with HIV who want to breastfeed: "Fully advocate for yourself and for what you want to do with your child."