You may have missed the succinct tho necessarily blunt nugget that Karleen
offered in a post about another topic ... but it bears repeating:

"People think "there are babies without mothers, we must
send formula"- but when conditions are very bad babies that have not had
access to breastmilk have died well before any of that formula arrives. So,
when the formula arrives the breastfed babies are breastfeeding, babies are
being born. The formula gets distributed and then the babies that could be
breastfeeding start dying."
Now I'll know what to say when I get that Eyes Rolling Reaction when I
suggest that formula is not a good rlief donation.

Thanks Karleen for all your work protecting proper infant feeding in
emergencies.

Liz Brooks JD IBCLC
Wyndmoor, PA, USA

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