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Infant Feeding in Emergencies
American Academy of Pediatrics
An
Open Letter to Health Care Providers Attending to Families Affected
by Hurricane Katrina: The Role of Human Milk and Breastfeeding
[PDF] - Resources to Help Cope with Natural and Other Disasters
La Leche League:
World Health Organization:
- Infant
Feeding in Emergencies: A Mother's Guide [Large
PDF] (EU/ICP/LVNG 01 02 08). From: Programme
for Nutrition Policy, Infant Feeding and Food Security. Geneva:
World Health Organization, 1997.
Emergency Nutrition Network:
- Fact
Sheet from the Ad Hoc Group on Infant Feeding in
Emergencies, Emergency Nutrition Network.
- Breastfeeding in Emergency Situations [PDF]. Wellstart International. 2004.
- Infant feeding in emergencies (includes training modules for emergency response and health care workers)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Policy, Strategy & Practice. Report of the Ad Hoc Group on Infant Feeding in Emergencies: May 1999.
More...
- Young Child Feeding in Emergencies [PDF] for UNICEF Offices and Partners (at the United States Breastfeeding Committee website)
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies [PDF] -- Position Paper from the International Lactation Consultant Association
- Infant Feeding in Emergencies from the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)
- Infant Feeding in Disasters from the Texas Dept. of State Health Services
- Hurricane
Checklist for Families by Mirine Richey Dye, CCE,
CD, CLE
- Keep Food and Water Safe after a Natural Disaster or Power Outage from the US Centers for Disease Control
How
to...
- Hand express your milk
- Increase milk supply
- Relactate (start breastfeeding again when you've stopped or nearly stopped)
- Cup feed (if breastfeeding is not an option or mom/baby are separated, cups are easiest to clean when resources are scare)
- Make a baby carrier from clothing or other common articles (from mamatoto.org)
Page last modified:
06/24/2011
Written: 09/01/2005
