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In Brief: Don't send milk to Gaza – nutritionists 08 Jan 2009 16:19:20 GMT
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NAIROBI, 8 January 2009 (IRIN) - If you are concerned for the health and 
well-being of children in Gaza, "Do not send donations of infant formula, 
bottles or milk products to Gaza", say top emergency nutritionists. 

A leading group of nutrition experts, including the World Health 
Organization, UN Children's Fund and NGOs, in a media brief published in 
English, Arabic and Spanish, state that the "indiscriminate use of infant 
formula in an emergency is extremely dangerous to babies, causing illness 
and death". 

The Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies group's paper, highlighted 
this week on the leading Emergency Nutrition website, asks journalists not 
to publicise aid agency appeals for milk and formula, plainly stating: 
"There is no need for donations of infant formula, powdered milk or baby 
bottles to be sent to the site of an emergency." 

Magda Sachs
Registered Breastfeeding Supporter
The Breastfeeding Network, UK 

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