Thanks for the page number in the WHO Global Strategy.  I was surprised by
this document, actually:  it says, "for those few health situations where
infants cannot, or should not, be breastfed, the choice of the best
alternative -- expressed breast milk from an infant's own mother, breast milk
from a healthy wet-nurse or a human-milk bank, or a breast-milk substitute
fed with a cup, which is a safer method than a feeding bottle and teat --
depends on individual circumstances."

You can find it here:
http://www.who.int/nut/documents/gs_infant_feeding_text_eng.pdf

While the options are presented in the same order we've all heard, there's no
clear indication that this represents any preference among them.

I wrote to Denise Fisher, who uses the "fourth choice" information in her
thoroughly referenced BreastEd courses, and Cynthia Good Mojab, who asked the
question I found in the archives.  They both wrote back promptly (thank you!)
and steered me here:

http://www.unicef.org/ffl/pdf/factsforlife-en-part5.pdf (see page 11), or for
a one-page version of the relevant section look here:
http://www.unicef.org/ffl/04/6.htm

So now that I have a reference I will send off my letter to the NY Times and
see what happens.

Jamie

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