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By early 1960's UNICEF was distributing 900,000 kg of milk (substitutes, powdered, dried) annually.
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17,000 copies sold
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1,172,200 copies sold
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now known as the Australian Breastfeeding Association (ABA)
Founder Mary Patton. Was in contact with La Leche League founders. -
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Ammehjelpen[Through an American friend, Elisabet was introduced to the publication “The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding”. ](www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/gims/doc/eng_v4n2.doc)She says: this was the first book I read that explained with common sense how it all was. I had been suspicious of some of the advice I had received, such as, “if the baby breastfeeds, it will swallow air.” Is that so? Why? “Nine months inside, nine months by the breast.” Why? “Modern women can’t breastfeed.” Why? All the answers were in it.
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Swedish breatsfeeding support organization followed Norwegian model, which in turn was inspired by La Leche League publication the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding
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Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT), Minneapolis, USA, in response to Peter Krieg's Film Bottle Babies (1975)
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50 brands and 00 varieties of breastmilk substitutes were being distributed across 100 countries
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San Diego Lactation Program that later became Wellstart International
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held in Geneva. La Leche League International was represetned.
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IBFANAt the WHO/UNICEF meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding, held in Geneva.
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World Health Assembly adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in the form of a recommendation, in the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution.
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In 4 years - 8 printings
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