The consideration regarding the WHO violation is not about the pumps. We, as
Lactation Consultants know that it is more necessary than not for a variety
of reasons. It is about the marketing of bottles:
Article 2. Scope of the Code
The Code applies to the marketing, and practices related thereto, of the
following products: breast-milk substitutes, including infant formula; other
milk
products, foods and beverages, including bottlefed complementary foods, when
marketed or otherwise represented to be suitable, with or without
modification, for
use as a partial or total replacement of breast milk; feeding bottles and
teasts. It also
applies to their quality and availability, and to information concerning
their use.
5.4 Manufacturers and distributors should not distribute to pregnant women
or
mothers or infants and young children any gifts of articles or utensils
which may
promote the use of breast-milk substitutes or bottle-feeding.
7.2 Information provided by manufacturers and distributors to health
professionals
regarding products within the scope of this Code should be restricted to
scientific and
factual matters, and such information should not imply or create a belief
that bottlefeeding
is equivalent or superior to breast-feeding. It should also include the
information specified in Article 4.2.
It is all about the marketing! Having it available is one thing, putting it
out in advertising is another.
Leigh Erdos, IBCLC, RLC
Chicago, IL USA
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From: Lactation Information and Discussion
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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 8:00 AM
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Subject: Re: pump companies: WHO code violators?
There is much ethical consideration to take place here, as far as breast
pumps are
concerned. Once again, at the risk of being redundant, which I pray that I
am not, ideally,
women should not even need a breast pump. But, in this society, where
women, are, so
soon after they deliver, in need of returning to work, breast pumps become
necessary. So,
just as the formula companies are big business, as are breast pump
manufacturers. If we
have to choose our friends, who are we going to choose?
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