I discuss this using the same example in a youtuve presentation at 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8BjnGCNahU&feature=channel_page
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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From: "Jennifer Sokolow" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:34 AM
Subject: Re: article on infant feeding in emergencies


> This reminded me of an article I read a few years ago by a  pediatrician 
> in Biloxi, Mississippi, about his experiences right after  Hurricane 
> Katrina. While his efforts to treat patients in the wake the  of disaster 
> were certainly heroic, and I don't want to belittle them,  I was bothered 
> by the following paragraph:
>
> "I decided to split the limited supplies of formula into 2 parts: 1  for 
> the nursery and 1 for the anticipated needs of outpatients and the 
> community. Because safe drinking water to mix with the formula would  be a 
> long time coming, it was truly an optimum time to discharge all  infants 
> on breast milk. Even after lengthy discussions of the benefits  of 
> breastfeeding, especially now, mothers of the first 3 newborns  chose to 
> use formula. Even in a natural disaster with no running  water, some moms 
> still will not be motivated to breastfeed. So, we  discharged these 
> infants with formula and disposable nipples."
>
> Surely this was the time to emphasize the *danger* of using formula 
> without safe drinking water, rather than the "benefits of  breastfeeding"? 
> Of course, it is possible that he did talk about the  danger, but either 
> he or his editor simply summarized the discussions  using the familiar 
> phrase "benefits of breastfeeding." But you have to  wonder.
>
> Full article here:
> http://tinyurl.com/krlon6 (the quoted paragraph is from the section 
> "August 30: 1 Day After Landfall")
>
> 

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