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cord-285430-o086q2qa	Gribble, Karleen	Mistakes from the HIV pandemic should inform the COVID-19 response for maternal and newborn care	2020-07-25		.txt	text/plain	2622	150	51	BACKGROUND: 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. WEIGHING OF RISKS IS NECESSARY IN POLICY DEVELOPMENT: 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 formula feeding ultimately resulted in more infant deaths. In the COVID-19 pandemic, the risk of maternal SARS-CoV-2 transmission needs to be weighed against the protection skin-to-skin contact, maternal proximity, and breastfeeding affords infants. However, mothers and infants present a special situation as the risk of mother-to-child transmission of SARS-CoV-2 needs to be weighed against the protection from infectious diseases and the support for bonding and caregiving provided by close maternal proximity and breastfeeding.	./cache/cord-285430-o086q2qa.txt	./txt/cord-285430-o086q2qa.txt