Hi Karleen

I think you have a point.  I wish it had been understood by the
policy-makers who developed the WHO HIV and Infant Feeding guidelines
suggesting that if it's at all possible to make so-called replacement
(formula) feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable
and _safe_ then that's what HIV+ mothers should feed their babies :'(

IMHO the words Safe and Artificial Feeding shouldn't really be
combined in the same sentence.  Least Risky would perhaps be a more
appropriate substitute for Safe.....

But then again, more than three-quarters of the space in the 2000 HIV
and Infant Feeding Counselling Course (not yet updated) is devoted to
demonstrating in minute detail how to make formula-feeding safe(r) -
including a complete afternoon for participants working on their
knees on the floor, and preparing "feeds" on newspaper - and only two
pages to breastfeeding ("with a good technique")......

Pamela Morrison IBCLC
Rustington, West Sussex, England

At 04:27 17/07/2009, you wrote:
>Date:    Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:54:10 +1000
>From:    Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: bottle-feeding safely
>
>Please don't use the word "safe" in relation to artificial feeding- talk
>about reducing the risks of artificial/bottle/formula feeding, otherwise
>you're saying that artificial feeding can be made to be safe.
>Karleen Gribble
>Australia

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