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> U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, which is part of USAID,
> complained about the idea of distributing donated breast milk and
> issued a statement calling it an "unfeasible and unsafe intervention."
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> "We acknowledge the generosity of the donor of the breast milk but
> have concerns based on years of best practices. It is the
> humanitarian community's position that supporting donations of
> donor breast milk is not recommended in emergencies for a number of
> reasons," the OFDA statement said.
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So I guess we just give them powdered formula from Nestle/Gerber and
let them reconstitute it with
unsanitary water if they are lucky to find even that....that sounds
like a much better solution...OY!
Ilene Fabisch, IBCLC, LLLL, WIC BF Co
Listmom wicbfnet and MLCANET
Brockton, MA
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