I am always amazed that babies in developed countries are allowed to risk formula-caused illness, simply because the infrastructure (sanitation, medical etc) is better at rescuing them. Does no-one care that they need all that infrastructure to keep them alive? That they get sick so often? That despite excellent infrastructure, some still die. It seems that only when babies die in large numbers does anyone notice that formula can be dangerous. Nan Jolly MB BCh. IBCLC. LLLL Port Elizabeth, South Africa <<Coovadia said it was reasonable for Western doctors to think that bottle-feeding is essential to protect HIV-negative babies. It is part of the range of interventions that has nearly eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV in the United States. But in Africa, breast-feeding offers so many nutritional and health benefits to newborns and infants that it outranks childhood vaccines in reducing risk of disease. "It is, far and away, the most superior way to prevent deaths of children in the developing world,'' Coovadia said. >> > Researchers urge mothers in Botswana to breast-feed > Risk of transmitting HIV outweighed by diarrhea worries > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/02/27/MNG82OBL0Q1.D > TL *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]