Skip to content
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Menu
Home
About Us
Resources
Profiles Metrics
Authors Directory
Institutions Directory
Top Authors
Top Institutions
Top Sponsors
AI Digest
Contact Us
Publication Details
AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Reflections on global policy documents and the WHO's infant feeding guidelines: Lessons learnt
International Breastfeeding Journal, Volume 5, Article 18, Year 2010
Notification
URL copied to clipboard!
Description
As the papers in this thematic series have illustrated, the postnatal prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) strategy has struggled with lack of local relevance. In an attempt to increase our understanding of the great dissonance between the policy intention and the experiences of the participants in concrete PMTCT programmes, we will in these concluding remarks draw upon writings in institutional ethnography. Through the concept of 'global texts' we reflect upon the scientific and ideological underpinnings of the WHO policy guidelines on HIV and infant feeding, and the influence that this policy has had across multiple local settings. The particular impact of the global postnatal PMTCT policy guidelines on the position of breastfeeding lies at the core of the discussion.© 2010 Blystad et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Blystad, Astrid
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Van Esterik, P.
Canada, Toronto
York University
de Paoli, Marina Manuela
Norway, Oslo
Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies
Sellen, Daniel W.
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Leshabari, Sebalda Charles
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Moland, Karen Marie I.
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Norway, Bergen
Høgskolen I Bergen
Statistics
Citations: 23
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1746-4358-5-18
e-ISSN:
17464358
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Ethnographic Study
Study Approach
Qualitative