Dr. Ketan Bharadva is a Surat (Gujarat)-based consultant pediatrician and President, Infant & Young Child Feeding Chapter of Indian Academy of Pediatrics, and President, Human Milk Banking Association
There is much debate within the medical fraternity about the impact of the Covid-19 virus on the health and well-being of infected new mothers and possibilities of transmission to their new-born infants through breastfeeding and in rare cases, reverse infection to the mother
The rampaging Covid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented health emergency worldwide and there are numerous questions and anxieties about its spread and impact on children, adults, the elderly and new mothers and infants. Recently there has been much debate within the medical fraternity about the impact of the Covid-19 virus on the health and well-being of infected mothers and possibilities of transmission to their new-born infants through breastfeeding and in rare cases, reverse infection to the mother. Read More…
