Unfortunately, despite religious support for breastfeeding, in the Middle East infant feeding practices are quite poor. About 70% of refugee mothers are at least partially formula feeding and 20-30% fully formula feeding upon arrival in Lebanon.
Karleen Gribble
Australia 


> Toby, What a tragic account. I don't have what
> you want, but there is a complete series of
> Breastfeeding videos for mothers and health
> workers, with translations in many languages,
> available here,
> <http://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/>http://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/
> 
> Why aren't those mothers breastfeeding?????  If
> they're Muslims, surely they've been living,
> before the war and chaos, with the normality of
> breastfeeding for the first two years?
> 
> Pamela Morrison IBCLC
> Rustington, England

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