Fact sheet on feeding babies in emergencies
Author: WABA
Year: 2008
Resource type: Field tool
WABA - Fact Sheet on Feeding Babies in Emergencies - Did you know that your donations of baby food could do more harm than good?
English www.waba.org.my/pdf/Factsheet.pdf
Thai: www.waba.org.my/docs/FactsheetTh.pdf Also in Spanish and French
Also on the Australian Breastfeeding Association website: www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfinfo/other.html
Based on the IBFAN (2000) factsheet: Breastfeeding in Emergencies - Do you know that your generous donations of breastmilk substitutes could do more harm than good? www.ibfan.org/english/activities/emergencies/ife01.html
Downloads
waba-ife-factsheetthai.pdf (PDF, 143kb)
factsheetfrench.doc (Word, 82kb)
factsheetspanish.doc (Word, 82kb)
waba-ife-factsheet.pdf (PDF, 51kb)
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WABA (2008). Fact sheet on feeding babies in emergencies. www.ennonline.net/feedingbabiesinemergencies
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