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Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
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I would suggest that UK and Australian Lactnetters contact Red Cross in
their country and congratulate them on the good work that this centre is
doing in Darfur, particularly in relation to improving the health of babies
by supporting breastfeeding. If they get a few calls/emails they may start
to get the idea that protecting breastfeeding and appropriate use of infant
formula is important to donors and make sure that this is a priority in all
situations.
Of course, it's worth mentioning to Red Cross in Australia that you are
aware that they have a sponsorship arrangement with Wyeth and that this is
inappropriate.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Reynolds" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 12:25 AM
Subject: Diary from Darfur


> Diary from Darfur
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/216872/397462f62cd9e00e13ddd4bb
> 69fc0618.htm
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> Mairi Maguire, a Red Cross nurse, supervises a supplementary feeding
centre
> being run by the British/Australian Red Cross in a camp for over 100,000
> people who have been displaced by fighting to the remote town of Gereida,
in
> South Darfur. This is her diary.
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> Monday 7th May
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> I saw a six-month-old boy this morning. He's called Musa. His mother is
> giving him breast milk - and water to drink. The breast milk is good - but
> if you quench a child's thirst with water, then he takes in less milk than
> he needs. Besides which, at six months old, a child needs to be beginning
to
> take solid food. This wee boy weighed much less than he should. We advised
> the mother to breastfeed him as often as she could - not even to wait
until
> he was crying for food, but to offer him the breast regularly.We also gave
> her a ration of our famous 'premix' (corn, soya, oil, and sugar). We'll
keep
> an eye on him over the next few weeks and hope that he improves rapidly.
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> (see link for full diary)
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> Janice Reynolds
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