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Should Women with HIV Breastfeed Their Exposed Infants? | Grand Rounds Oakland

Pediatric Grand Rounds Oakland
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Presented by:

Ann Petru, MD
Division Director, Infectious Diseases, Oakland 
Medical Director, HIV/AIDS Program, Oakland 
Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician 
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the challenges in preventing HIV infection in children. 
  2. Describe some of the arguments for or against breastfeeding infants of people with HIV.   
  3. List the appropriate tests used to diagnose HIV infection in infants born to parents living with HIV. 
  4. Identify reasons why allowing breastfeeding, when appropriate, removes implicit biases about the health status of women living with HIV infection. 

Contact [email protected] for log-in information. 

Add to Calendar 2025-09-02 15:00:00 2025-09-02 16:00:00 Should Women with HIV Breastfeed Their Exposed Infants? | Grand Rounds Oakland Presented by: Ann Petru, MD Division Director, Infectious Diseases, Oakland  Medical Director, HIV/AIDS Program, Oakland  Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician  UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland  Learning Objectives: Describe the challenges in preventing HIV infection in children.  Describe some of the arguments for or against breastfeeding infants of people with HIV.    List the appropriate tests used to diagnose HIV infection in infants born to parents living with HIV.  Identify reasons why allowing breastfeeding, when appropriate, removes implicit biases about the health status of women living with HIV infection.  Contact [email protected] for log-in information.  [email protected] Department of Pediatrics America/Los_Angeles public