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Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding [message #1701 is a reply to message #1693]

Mon, 31 March 2014 20:13

rperezescamilla
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Registered: March 2014

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I strongly support this proposal. Infant/child feeding data should now reflect the nutritional transition low and middle countries are going through. Also, the question addressing WHO Code violation is extremely relevant.

I would like to propose adding a second WHO Code violation question to capture the distribution of free or reduced price samples of infant formula. This practice is a disincentive for breastfeeding, has not been systematically documented in low and middle income countries, and represents a fragrant Code violation.

I suggest the following wording:

New Question: DURING YOUR PREGNANCY OR SINCE (NAME) WAS BORN/ HAVE YOU RECEIVED FREE INFANT FORMULA OR COUPONS FOR FREE OR REDUCED PRICE FORMULA?

Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD
Yale School of Public Health

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		Infant and Young Child Feeding By: lutterch@paho.org on Fri, 28 March 2014 13:53
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: fmason on Mon, 31 March 2014 07:08
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: slhuffman on Mon, 31 March 2014 13:55
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: Marie Ruel on Wed, 09 April 2014 16:11
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: rperezescamilla on Mon, 31 March 2014 20:13
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: ellenpiwoz on Wed, 02 April 2014 07:43
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: marimond on Thu, 03 April 2014 11:44
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: Grummer-Strawn on Fri, 04 April 2014 10:30
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: twilliam on Fri, 04 April 2014 10:51
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: agnes guyon on Fri, 04 April 2014 14:24
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: fbegin on Fri, 04 April 2014 14:46
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: cintialombardi on Fri, 04 April 2014 16:55
		Re: Infant and Young Child Feeding By: eskoufias@worldbank.org on Fri, 11 April 2014 17:34

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