Using a package of interventions including caesarian sections, antiretroviral prophylaxis and avoidance of
breastfeeding, developed countries have managed to reduce vertical transmission to less than 1% [6–8]. This however
has not been feasible in resource poor countries, which have been struck by a double burden of malnutrition and
HIV besides the endemic risk of infectious diseases and the impact of climate change. It is a known fact that breast-
feeding in such an environment besides being nutritive and sustainable, also protects infants from infectious disease
morbidity and mortality [1, 9–11].