The UNICEF media officers who are listed at the bottom of the UNICEF/WHO/WFP
joint statement are below. If you have concrete examples of mass media
appeals for formula like Janice's report, I would urge you to contact UNICEF
with the information - they can follow-up with the media outlet. Here is a
transcript of the item Janice mentioned, which I note originally aired prior
to the UNICEF/WHO/WFP joint statement:
http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2010/01/life-sciences-haiti-how-you-can-he
lp-ii-part-2/
Contacts from the UNICEF/WHO/WFP statement:
For more information please contact:
UNICEF Nutrition Section, New York:
Ilka Esquivel, [log in to unmask], tel: + 1 212 326 7756,
Nune Mangasaryan, [log in to unmask], tel: +1 212 326 7159
UNICEF office in Port-au-Prince:
Mija-Tesse Ververs, Nutrition Cluster Coordinator in Haiti,
[log in to unmask]
Marie-Claude Désilets, [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask], tel:
(509 ) 2245 3525
-- Jodine Chase
On 24/01/10 1:14 AM, "Karleen Gribble" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Thanks very much for this Janice. I've been monitoring the media response to
> this earthquake since it happened and can say that the number of requests
> for formula to be sent to Haiti is unprecedented. The job of managing these
> donations in Haiti is going to be incredibly difficult.
> Those of you who feel that this is an important issue (especially in the US)
> might like to consider contacting UNICEF and asking them whether they are
> going to speak out about the danger that formula donations pose to babies
> and mothers in Haiti. You might like to let them know that the 2009 WBW
> theme on breastfeeding in emergencies educated you about the importance of
> preventing donations and that you are wondering why UNICEF is not taking a
> more proactive approach on this issue (they have put out a joint statement
> with WHO and WFP but that was written in technical language and has not been
> picked up by a single media article as far as I am aware). They should be
> aware that there are memebers of the public/donors who aware that there is a
> BIG problem with these constant media calls for formula.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Janice Reynolds" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:32 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [LACTNET] CNN reporter please for formula donations for Haiti
>
>> Just watching CNN report on Haiti Earthquake - each reporter gives a bit
>> of
>> summary impression. Reporter Soledad O'Brian's segment focuses of the
>> huge
>> number of orphans. She shows 25 loaded into a truck. She says they have
>> diarrhea. She shows a can of powdered milk. Says because they have run
>> out
>> of formula, they are feeding powdered milk, which gives them diarrhea -
>> (babies need formula, she says). So she pleads for people - if they want
>> to
>> donate something, to donate formula. End of segment.
>>
>>
>>
>> Janice Reynolds
>>
>>
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