Dear Pat,

Thanks for this:

> In disasters infants are at the highest risk of mortality.
> Food stuffs sent to emergencies should not include formula.  Powder  
> is most
> dangerous.
>
> What should be sent needs to be AFASS
> Acceptable
> Feasible
> Affordable
> Safe
> Sustainable
> I'm sure you can all figure what factors goes into AFASS - water  
> sources,
> finances, etc.  If a mom who is BF begins to use formula because it is
> freely handed out, she doesn't have any way to properly prepare it  
> or pay
> for it long term and her breast milk supply declines and fails. The  
> aid
> workers with the magic cans will be gone long before the child can  
> eat on
> his/her own :-(
> www.ennononline.net has a neat slide show on feeding infants and  
> children in
> emergencies.
> www.ibfan.org
>
> Of course we all know that the best thing is to feed mom so she can  
> feed
> baby/child!  Formula isn't well accepted by adults for nutrition (yuck
> taste) so it ends up being fed to animals.

I can't make the ennonline.net link work. Any clues, anybody?

I have heard of powdered infant formula being made into biscuits with  
flour for adults to eat but not all adults in the world are able to  
digest lactose anyway, so it might still cause more harm than good. It  
would be great to get the message across - don't send that stuff!

Rachel O'Leary
UK

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