Hey Marianne,
Keep on going. Hopefully more with "get it" eventually. You have lots of 
active IBFAN groups in Europe. I wonder if you can find support from them??
Karleen Gribble
Australia

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From: "Marianne Vanderveen-Kolkena" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 3:30 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: carrying babies
> make you shout for joy...
> Or our own breastfeeding association-board that has decided that strict
> following of the WHO-code is not all that necessary...
> ABM-promotion... okay... that stinks, but advertising from code violators 
> as
> long as their ad is about a product not under the scope...? No problem.
> So, someone cleverly said: "What about Nutr...., sending in an ad that 
> says:
> BREASTFEEDING, THE BEST START or promotion for feeding tubes (not under 
> the
> scope, as we know)?"
> That was considered a impossible option. Ads for pumps... that's okay,
> because most moms need pumps and so they have to know about pumps (and
> bottles, too).
> All this caused a big discussion on the mailinglist, in which I, of 
> course,
> could not keep my mouth shut as a fervent promotor of integral compliance
> with the code.
> And now... now many are complaining: "The statement of the board is clear.
> Let's close this subject. We should be able to buy bottles and pumps, so 
> why
> the fuss? I'm tired of this discussion. Noone needs to tell me what info I
> need to read to make a decision. I can decide for myself what I think 
> about
> the WHO-code."
 

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