> This is to alert you to new information on the Baby Milk Action site. > > But firstly, as the countdown to war on Iraq continues, we wish to highlight > the importance of supporting appropriate infant feeding in emergency > situations. The International Baby Food Action Network has direct > experience of this and has produced materials in conjunction with the major > humanitarian assistance organisations. There is a banner link to this on > our website http://www.babymilkaction.org/ and on http://www.ibfan.org/ > (materials are available in a variety of languages). > > Donations of infant formula should be discouraged as they have an overall > negative impact on infant health in refugee situations. Any supplies needed > are best sourced locally (which helps to ensure that labels are in the > correct languages and parents or guardians are supported in minimising risk > of infection when using formula). For the vast majority of mothers formula > is not the first option and IBFAN has set up support centres in a variety of > situations as explained on the site. > > Our latest Campaign for Ethical Marketing action sheet can be found in the > 'Latest News' section of the website. It targets violations by Nestle, > Danone and Wyeth and ask campaigners to help to defend regulations to stop a > new advertising blitz for baby milks - some companies are already making > unsubstantiated health claims about their products, which idealise them and > undermine breastfeeding. The action sheet can be seen on-line and can be > downloaded for easy printing. > > The 'Latest News' section also contains recent press releases. Today we are > exposing how Nestle is continuing with a promotion for Kit-Kat as war looms, > asking people to 'take a break' and eat a Kit-Kat. We ask people to take a > break from Nestle on Friday and in the future. > > We have news on Lord Attenborough's suggestion to Nelson Mandela, that he > accept a donation from Nestle so the company could be photographed with him > as it is 'desperate' to improve its image in South Africa. The Mandela's > Children Fund has already turned down Nestle money because of the company's > record on HIV and its aggressive promotion of baby milks. > > A recent addition to the site is a broadcasts section. Tomorrow, 20th > March, Baby Milk Action will take part in a debate with Nestle's Senior > Policy Officer, Beverley Mirando, at Birmingham University Medical Students > Union (media welcome). Beverley is from Sri Lanka and suggests that > everyone in Sri Lanka loves Nestle. In the broadcasts section you can hear > an interview with Sarath Fernando who coordinates a coalition of 350 Sri > Lankan Non-Governmental Organisations which are campaigning against the > negative impact of Nestle in their communities. > > We will be monitoring the situation in Iraq and in surrounding countries as > best as we can with our IBFAN partners and will post information on the site > relevant to our work as the situation unfolds. > > If you have received this email from [log in to unmask] or > [log in to unmask] and do not wish to receive future alerts, please > reply with 'delete' as the subject. > > Best wishes, > > Mike Brady > -- > --- > Mike Brady > Campaigns and Networking Coordinator > Baby Milk Action > > Visit our website http://www.babymilkaction.org/ > > Baby Milk Action is the UK member of the International Baby Food Action > Network - IBFAN - http://www.ibfan.org/ > > ****YOU CAN NOW ORDER PUBLICATIONS AND MERCHANDISE ON-LINE**** > > Baby Milk Action, 23 St. Andrew's Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AX, UK. > UK contact numbers. Tel: 01223 464420 Fax: 01223 464417 > International contact numbers. Tel: +44 1223 464420 Fax: +44 1223 464417 > ---- > > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html