HIV and Breastfeeding: the untold story image Awakening the Spine is published

Awakening the Spine is published for the first time as the author intended

Following in the footsteps of Vanda Scaravelli's teaching

this book acknowledges the challenges they face and makes suggestions about how they might find solace in supporting women and their babies

but what happens to their mental health over time

HIV and Breastfeeding: the untold story image Awakening the Spine is publishedIn the early 1980s it was discovered that HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, could be passed through a mothers milk to her baby. Almost overnight in the industrialised countries, and later in the African countries most ravaged by HIV, breastfeeding became an endangered practice. But in the rush to reduce transmission of HIV, everything we already knew about breastfeedings life saving effects was overlooked, with devastating consequences for mothers and