From the front page of today's Washington Post... Wells of Life Run Dry for Sudanese Trauma, Malnutrition Leave Many Refugee Mothers Unable to Breast-Feed By Emily Wax Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, August 22, 2004; Page A01 BAHAI, Chad -- As she had done every morning for a week, Mecka Ibrahim brought the lips of her howling infant to her breast, hoping the milk would flow again. She shifted the 1-year-old boy's frail little body and adjusted her position, folding and unfolding her legs. She tried again, with lithe arms cradling the boy, Issa. He was hungry and reached for her, but her breast was still dry. She recognized what health workers had told her, that stress and malnutrition were blocking her ability to produce milk. "I am too sad," Ibrahim said as she rocked the baby, shielding his eyes from a swirling sandstorm approaching Oure Cassoni, a refugee camp on the border with Sudan. Go here for the rest of the article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22429-2004Aug21.html Kathy *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html