But Doctor Casanovas says WHO believes that in many places where HIV is prevalent" class="hjdict" word="prevalent" target=_blank>prevalent, it still might be better for mothers to choose breastfeeding over formula milk.
　
"If the mother is positive, that mother needs to take an individual decision. We cannot tell the mother there is not one size fits all. According to the environment, the risk may be...of the baby dying because of other illnesses, other infectious diseases might be a lot higher than the risk of becoming HIV-positive and of dying because of the HIV."
　
For example, many developing countries do not have safe water and mixing contaminated water with powdered formula is a common cause of death among infants.
　
WHO says mother's milk is best everywhere in the world, in rich and poor countries alike. New studies show breastfeeding can protect children against chronic" class="hjdict" word="chronic" target=_blank>chronic diseases later in life. Breast fed babies are at lower risk of getting high blood pressure, high cholesterol, of becoming obese and of developing type 2 diabetes.

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