BHUNYA – A breastfeeding mother confessed to social welfare officers that she drank marula brew in order to produce milk for her newborn baby.
This is much against health warnings that such should be avoided because it could pass the alcohol onto the baby and inebriate her.
The woman, aged 35, who will not be named to protect her from stigmatisation, is on antiretroviral treatment (ART) and had not undergone the prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) because of her nomadic lifestyle. Read More
