Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: PROMISE EBF: Promoting Infant Health and Nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa: Safety and Efficacy of Exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion in the Era of HIV
Brief Summary: The objective of the project is to develop and test an intervention to promote exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), to assess its impact on infant health in African contexts where a high prevalence of HIV is a barrier, and to strengthen the evidence base regarding the optimal duration for EBF.

Promotion of EBF is the most effective child health intervention currently feasible for implementation at the population level in low-income countries. It can lower infant mortality by 13%, and by an additional 2% were it not for the fact that breastfeeding transmits HIV. Only recently proven to be possible in hot and even dry climates, EBF without even offering water is still little appreciated by mothers or supported by health workers. EBF rates are especially low in Africa but the potential for rapid implementation may be high. A few studies elsewhere suggest that peer counselling can often achieve dramatic increases. Thus the investigators will run the first randomised trial to develop and test models for applying this approach in four African countries and to quantify health benefits, cost-effectiveness, and implications for the health care system.

While experts realize that the HIV threat ought not to present much of a biological constraint to promoting EBF, in heavily affected countries it does represent a cultural constraint. Overcoming this will require the development of a safe and effective means of promoting EBF that is HIV-sensitive by taking into account the need to minimise postnatal HIV transmission.

Another scientific constraint to the promotion of exclusive breastfeeding for six months, as recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), is uncertainty about its impact on the micronutrient status of infants. In a substudy, the investigators will carefully follow markers of infant micronutrient status to see how they vary by feeding pattern, including EBF, for a longer period than has been examined previously.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Lives in a selected cluster
* Is \>= 6 months pregnant
* Has no plans to move outside of the cluster within 1 year

Exclusion Criteria:

* Reduced ability to collaborate for psychological/mental reasons
* Severely ill
* Has given birth more than 7 days ago
* Has given birth less than 7 days ago and it was a multiple birth; or the child has a severe malformation; or death of the mother or the baby.
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* A lead caretaker with a 6-8 months infant (child/lead caretaker pair) who will have given consent to participate in the study. If there is more than one child of the age in the household, the younger one will be taken as the index/study child.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Is older than 8 months at baseline
* Congenital malformations or physical handicap that may influence growth or interfere with taking of anthropometric measurements
* Disability that will influence nutrient intake
* Been diagnosed with mental or brain illness as evidenced by mother or health worker.
* If the family that is likely to emigrate during the study period
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Newborn infants with birth weight ≥ 2.500 g and gestational age ≥ 37 weeks were considered eligible for the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* HIV-positive mothers
* Congenital malformation
* Infants referred to intensive care unit
* Multiple pregnancy.
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be American Indian, as defined by the tribe
* Be mothers or caregivers of newborn children
* At least 15-44 years of age (Minors who are 15-17 years of age must get consent from a parent or legal guardian according to Tribal, State, and IHS rules and regulations)
* Able to read, understand, and sign a consent form/assent form,
* Be willing and able to follow study procedures and instructions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* No exclusion criteria. Although expected to be rare, if the father is a sole caregiver, he and his child will be eligible for the study.

Answer: A