The question is asked:  "Does anyone have a succinct, easily understood way
of explaining the WHO code to lay people to help them decide which products
to use, if and when they are needed?"

Hmm.  This is almost a trick question.  As IBCLCs, we can discuss ANY
product with ANY mother in ANY clinical context involving breastfeeding and
human lactation.  Bottles, teats and formula -- the products covered by the
WHO Code -- are all appropriately purchased by a mother, or recommended for
use by an IBCLC, given circumstances where (as you note) they are needed.

I like the way IBFAN describes some of the unethical marketing practices
that the WHO Code aims to prevent:  go to www.ibfan.org and click the tab
marked "The Issue" and then "How Breastfeeding is Undermined."

-- 
Liz Brooks JD IBCLC FILCA
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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