London - Children who had not been breastfed were more at risk during the diarrhoea outbreak of November 2005/February 2006 after major flooding in Botswana, says the UK-based National Aids Map (NAM) organisation.
In its September 'HIV and Aids treatment in practice' newsletter, it said 470 children who were under five years old died in the 12 health districts of Botswana surveyed. Indications were that the total could have been as high as 574.
"One village we visited lost 30 percent of formula-fed babies - none other - during the outbreak," the US Centre for Disease Control's (CDC) Dr Tracey Creek said.
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