Improving odds for infants facing HIV/AIDS Emily Flanagan, Alam Randhawa and Hannah Sell

Transmission through breastfeeding The Current Situation: Angola HIV/AIDS can be transmitted through 1 breastfeeding Prevalence in women is twice as much as 2 men 56% of pregnant women do not receive 2 HAART treatment Other alternatives (milk banks) may be not be feasible

Why this topic ? Contribution to global community Health and Society Perspective We believe all infants should have the best start in life

WHAT IS YUM MUM? A Safe Alternative 3 Components to the Yum Mum Box RECYCLABLE BOTTLES (STERI-BOTTLE) BABY FORMULA CLEAN WATER

Monitoring Access Progress Tracking Distributed via a village champion every month to new mothers Wristband with reference number given to mother Progress Tracking Wristbands will show number of times Yum Mum is accessed Tracking infant weight during monthly visits WHO's Child-Growth Percentile used 3

CollaborativeYet Self-Sufficient Yum Mum will implement local health aids/volunteers Partner with NGO's (i.e. UNICEF, WHO) to provide formula, water, and bottles Give back to community and/or NGOs by recycling disposable bottles Little gov't and foreign intervention

Timeline Phase 1: Relationship Building & Initial Planning (6-8 months) Partner with NGOs and the local community Establish village champion Negotiate with bottle and formula companies (opportunity for corporate social responsibility) Survey demographics Phase 2: Education & Final Planning (2-4 months) -Provide informational sessions to local villagers to promote Yum Mum's benefits Revise planning based on community input Phase 3: Distribution (2-3 months) Distribute Yum Mum locally! Future Opportunities: Involve Canadians by providing fundraising and volunteer opportunities to support Yum Mum's operations

Project Impacts and Expansions Providing mothers with safe breastfeeding alternatives Upstream approach to HIV/AIDS prevention Building community resilience Training local health aids Can be used for malnutrition, Ebola, other transmitted diseases Can be used by other primary care-takers Able to be implemented globally Can be expanded to offer other goods (i.e. vitamins, Pedialyte) Progress can be easily tracked (infant's weights)

YUM MUM Supports Global Goals

Thank you!

R E F E R E N C E 1. UNICEF. HIV Transmission through breastfeeding a review of available evidence. http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/HIV_IF_Tr ansmission.pdf UNAIDS. Angola. http://www.unaids.org/en/regionscountries/countries/angola Vesel L. et al. Use of new World Health Organization child growth standards to assess how infant malnutrition relates to breastfeeding and mortality. https://www.scielosp.org/pdf/bwho/2010.v88n1/39-48