I'd suggest that it's perhaps not such a great idea to contact those who
directly working on the Haiti response- they'll be pretty busy with a load
of stuff but go through your county office general contacts and the message
will filter through with support to do enable them to do something. I know
that those listed in the joint release are aware of the problem.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
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From: "Jodine Chase" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 9:28 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] CNN reporter please for formula donations for Haiti
> The UNICEF media officers who are listed at the bottom of the
> UNICEF/WHO/WFP
> joint statement are below. If you have concrete examples of mass media
> appeals for formula like Janice's report, I would urge you to contact
> UNICEF
> with the information - they can follow-up with the media outlet. Here is a
> transcript of the item Janice mentioned, which I note originally aired
> prior
> to the UNICEF/WHO/WFP joint statement:
>
> http://www.rdmag.com/News/FeedsAP/2010/01/life-sciences-haiti-how-you-can-he
> lp-ii-part-2/
>
> Contacts from the UNICEF/WHO/WFP statement:
>
> For more information please contact:
> UNICEF Nutrition Section, New York:
> Ilka Esquivel, [log in to unmask], tel: + 1 212 326 7756,
> Nune Mangasaryan, [log in to unmask], tel: +1 212 326 7159
>
> UNICEF office in Port-au-Prince:
> Mija-Tesse Ververs, Nutrition Cluster Coordinator in Haiti,
> [log in to unmask]
> Marie-Claude Désilets, [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask],
> tel:
> (509 ) 2245 3525
>
> -- Jodine Chase
>
>
>
> On 24/01/10 1:14 AM, "Karleen Gribble" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks very much for this Janice. I've been monitoring the media response
>> to
>> this earthquake since it happened and can say that the number of requests
>> for formula to be sent to Haiti is unprecedented. The job of managing
>> these
>> donations in Haiti is going to be incredibly difficult.
>> Those of you who feel that this is an important issue (especially in the
>> US)
>> might like to consider contacting UNICEF and asking them whether they are
>> going to speak out about the danger that formula donations pose to
>> babies
>> and mothers in Haiti. You might like to let them know that the 2009 WBW
>> theme on breastfeeding in emergencies educated you about the importance
>> of
>> preventing donations and that you are wondering why UNICEF is not taking
>> a
>> more proactive approach on this issue (they have put out a joint
>> statement
>> with WHO and WFP but that was written in technical language and has not
>> been
>> picked up by a single media article as far as I am aware). They should be
>> aware that there are memebers of the public/donors who aware that there
>> is a
>> BIG problem with these constant media calls for formula.
>> Karleen Gribble
>> Australia
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> From: "Janice Reynolds" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2010 4:32 PM
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: [LACTNET] CNN reporter please for formula donations for Haiti
>>
>>> Just watching CNN report on Haiti Earthquake - each reporter gives a bit
>>> of
>>> summary impression. Reporter Soledad O'Brian's segment focuses of the
>>> huge
>>> number of orphans. She shows 25 loaded into a truck. She says they
>>> have
>>> diarrhea. She shows a can of powdered milk. Says because they have run
>>> out
>>> of formula, they are feeding powdered milk, which gives them diarrhea -
>>> (babies need formula, she says). So she pleads for people - if they
>>> want
>>> to
>>> donate something, to donate formula. End of segment.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Janice Reynolds
>>>
>>>
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