The melamine scandal in China resulted in over 50,000 hospitalizations and probably increased breastfeeding there and in countries that were importing milk from China. But it carries a more permanent and universal message about a potentially harmful infant feeding practice that is probably second only to breastfeeding in how widespread it is. Click here to open the prepublication pdf file.

Image: Picture showing kidney stones formed from mineral deposits in the kidney from rafflesbiosoc.blogspot.com/2008/10/melamine.html

This power point presentation was given at the 5th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in Cape Town, South Africa by Margaret Waithaka of PATH Kenya. It summarizes research done by PATH in Kenya with funding from USAID based on a proposal I wrote while at PATH. The main intention was to examine how infant feeding counseling for HIV-infected mothers was being done and how well infants were doing during the period when breastfeeding was stopping. Click here to download the power point.