Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices among HIV-Exposed Infants in Coastal Tanzania.

Background: Appropriate infant feeding is a persistent challenge for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected mothers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective: This study aimed to describe correlates of infant feeding among HIV-infected mothers in coastal Tanzania.

Methods: HIV-infected women (n = 400) with infants younger than 18 months were enrolled from June to November 2011 from 3 public health facilities in Pwani, Tanzania: Tumbi Regional Hospital (TRH), Chalinze Health Center (CHC), and Bagamoyo District Hospital (BDH).