Below is a notice which all of us in lactation should be very happy about.   
 UNICEF has made a difference!!   Michelle Scott, MA,RD,IBCLC in NH 
>
> The following is a report from the Office of the Humanitarian Coordinator
for
> Iraq:
> "HUMANITARIAN SITUATION REPORT
> NUMBER 19
> 8 April 2003
> ...
> 2.3 OPERATIONAL ISSUES
> Following UNICEF advocacy, coalition forces have removed infant formula
from
> the planned distribution package. Use of infant formula undermines
> breastfeeding, and in a situation where water is scarce or of poor
quality,
> consumption of infant formula would lead to an increase in diarrhoea
> episodes."

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