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Linda Shaw, MD writes:
>I was disappointed that the
>breastfeeding advocacy groups, like ILCA and LLL were not represented at this
>meeting. There is a need for breastfeeding advocates to exhibit at these
>pediatric meetings to try to counterbalance the major presence of the ABM
>companies. I would also have like to see the Academy of Breastfeeding
>Medicine as an exhibitor.
I'd be curious to know if organizations like LLLI, ILCA and ABM would be
asked to pay similar exhibitors' fees (I don't know what the fee schedules
are). ABM companies have tons of money to throw around but these advocacy
organizations do not, obviously....
posting my own observations, not those of my employer...
Mary Renard
Vienna VA USA
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Mary Riley Renard, RN, BSN, IBCLC
CERP/Recertification Coordinator
International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners
P O Box 2348
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Phone 703-560-7330
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