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ArticleFrontiers in reproductive health2026

"It's exactly what's needed": a call to action for breastmilk studies of vertical HIV transmission in high-income countries.

Nell Freeman-Romilly, Bakita Kasadha, Shema Tariq, Angelina Namiba, Farai Nyatsanza, Nick Phillips, Tanvi Rai

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Article in Frontiers in reproductive health, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Nell Freeman-RomillyOxfordshire Sexual Health Service, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Bakita KasadhaNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Shema TariqInstitute for Global Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom.
Angelina Namiba4M Net Mentor Mothers CIC, London, United Kingdom.
Farai NyatsanzaIntegrated Contraception and Sexual Health (iCaSH) Service Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Nick PhillipsOxfordshire Sexual Health Service, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Tanvi RaiNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

Increasing numbers of parents living with HIV in England and the United Kingdom choose to breastfeed their infants, yet guidelines for high-income countries (HICs) still recommend exclusive formula feeding to eliminate all risk of vertical transmission. The risk of HIV transmission through breastmilk is less than 1% when the feeding parent is virally suppressed on antiretroviral therapy. However, this data comes from studies conducted in low- and middle-income countries limiting their generalisability to contexts where parents are more likely to be virally suppressed on long-term antiretroviral therapy with access to regular viral load monitoring. The risk of HIV transmission through breastfeeding in the context of

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breastfeedingbreastmilkHIVinfant feedinglactationpostnataltransmissionvertical

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PMCPMC13437536

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