Way back on   Tue, 10 Oct 1995 11:56:26 -0400,  Margaret Radcliffe
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> But I never run across any reference to cultures in which breastfeeding is
> still the norm.  Are there any left?  Where are they?  Are they so isolated
> that the ABM companies can't get to them?  Or is breastfeeding (especially
> longterm) so much part of the fiber of their culture that it has been
> affected very little by the availability and advertising of infant formula?
>
> It would be heartening to know that somewhere in the world, the natural
> feeding and nurturing of infants and young children is still the norm.

I know this is so long ago you may have forgotten writing this.  I am under the
impression that PNG (Papua New Guinea) is one place where ABM is only
available on prescription, this is apparantly not abused and prescriptions are
only given in few situations.

Gabrielle Palmer (The politics of Breastfeeding) suggests that this Governmental
stance may be one reason why the ABM companies have not bothered putting
much capital into advertising in PNG.  Happy little PNGers !
Carmel
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