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Table 1 Characteristics of scenarios considered in modeling the potential impact of different breast-feeding recommendations in children born to HIV-infected women in sub-Saharan Africa

From: Potential impact of infant feeding recommendations on mortality and HIV-infection in children born to HIV-infected mothers in Africa: a simulation

 

Idealistic scenarios

Realistic* scenarios

Recommendation

All infants not breast-fed (U)

All infants exclusively breast-fed for 6 months (V)

All infants exclusively breast-fed for 4 months (W)

All infants not breast-fed (X)

All infants exclusively breast-fed for 6 months (Y)

All infants exclusively breast-fed for 4 months (Z)

Proportion Not breast-fed (f)

1.00

0.00

0.00

0.70

0.00

0.00

Proportion exclusively breast-fed (b)

0.00

1.00

1.00

0.00

0.85

0.85

Proportion on mixed-feeding (m)

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.30

0.15

0.15

Recommended breast-feeding duration (1/δ months)

NA

6

4

NA

6

4

  1. * Realistic scenarios assume 85% compliance in exclusively breast-fed infants and 70% compliance in replacement-fed infants [21–23].