“I beg you…breastfeed the baby, things changed”: infant feeding experiences among Ugandan mothers living with HIV in the context of evolving guidelines to prevent postnatal transmission

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics of women living with HIV with pregnancy within 2 years prior to qualitative interview (n = 20)

Characteristic	Median [IQR] or n (%)
Age (years)	33 [28,35]
Education
Primary school or lower	14 (70%)
Some secondary school or higher	6 (30%)
Time on ART (years)	2.3 [1.8,5.1]
Number of live births	4 [2,6]
Number of living children	3 [2,4]
Months between pregnancy outcome and interview	15 [7,21]
Most recent CD4 cell count (cells/mm³)	677 [440,767]
Suppressed plasma viral load (HIV-1 RNA ≤ 400 copies/ml)	19 (95%)

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