Tip

Exclusively or partially breastfed infants require vitamin D and iron supplementation until they can meet their daily requirements through their diet.

Contraindications to breastfeeding


  • Infections in the lactating individual
    • Inadequately treated HIV
    • Human T-cell lymphotropic virus
    • Ebola virus
    • Untreated brucellosis
    • Mpox (while isolation precautions are indicated)