%0 Journal Article %T Antiretroviral prophylaxis to prevent post-natal transmission of HIV through breastfeeding %A Louise Kuhn %J Pan African Medical Journal %D 2008 %I African Field Epidemiology Network %X Although antiretroviral drugs have a crucial role to play in prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission through breastfeeding, we still have much to learn about how best to use these drugs taking into account the social and biological context of maternal and child health in the many disadvantaged sub-Saharan African settings where the HIV epidemic predominates %K nevirapine %K zidovudine %K sub-saharan Africa %K breastfeeding %K PMTCT %U http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/editorial/1/6/pdf/6.pdf