From the front page of today's Washington Post...

Wells of Life Run Dry for Sudanese
Trauma, Malnutrition Leave Many Refugee Mothers Unable to Breast-Feed

By Emily Wax
Washington Post Foreign Service
Sunday, August 22, 2004; Page A01

BAHAI, Chad -- As she had done every morning for a week, Mecka Ibrahim
brought the lips of her howling infant to her breast, hoping the milk would
flow again. She shifted the 1-year-old boy's frail little body and adjusted
her position, folding and unfolding her legs. She tried again, with lithe
arms cradling the boy, Issa. He was hungry and reached for her, but her
breast was still dry.

She recognized what health workers had told her, that stress and
malnutrition were blocking her ability to produce milk. "I am too sad,"
Ibrahim said as she rocked the baby, shielding his eyes from a swirling
sandstorm approaching Oure Cassoni, a refugee camp on the border with Sudan.


Go here for the rest of the article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22429-2004Aug21.html

Kathy

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