“Should Women with HIV Breastfeed Their Exposed Infants?”

Presented by: Ann Petru, MD                                                                            

Division Director, Infectious Diseases, Oakland

Medical Director, HIV/AIDS Program, Oakland

Pediatric Infectious Disease Physician

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Planners expect learners to:

1. Describe the challenges in preventing HIV infection in children.

2. Describe some of the arguments for or against breastfeeding infants of people with HIV. 

3. List the appropriate tests used to diagnose HIV infection in infants born to parents living with HIV.

4. Identify reasons why allowing breastfeeding, when appropriate, removes implicit biases about the health status of women living with HIV infection.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is accredited by the California Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

For CME credit, online evaluations must be completed by 12pm on the Friday after Grand Rounds.  Requests for the link to the current evaluation must be sent to Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu by NOON on the day of Grand Rounds.

ABP MOC Part 2 Points

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn up to 1 MOC point in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABP MOC credit. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.

ABS Continuous Certification (CC)
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn 1 credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirement(s) of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit. Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for further details.