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Doctors Ready To Support Formula Milk Ban

The Indonesian Doctors Association plans to sanction doctors who promote baby formula for infants under 12 months old. This comes as the Health Ministry plans to ban advertisements for baby formula, especially in hospitals and healthcare centers. While some mothers face difficulties breastfeeding, proponents say breast milk contains ideal nutrients for newborns and no formula can replicate its nutritional value. The 2009 health law allows charges for anyone attempting to influence mothers to stop exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months.

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Doctors Ready To Support Formula Milk Ban

The Indonesian Doctors Association plans to sanction doctors who promote baby formula for infants under 12 months old. This comes as the Health Ministry plans to ban advertisements for baby formula, especially in hospitals and healthcare centers. While some mothers face difficulties breastfeeding, proponents say breast milk contains ideal nutrients for newborns and no formula can replicate its nutritional value. The 2009 health law allows charges for anyone attempting to influence mothers to stop exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months.

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Doctors Ready To Support Formula Milk Ban

The Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) said on Thursday that


it prepased to sanction doctor who promote formula milk for infants
under 12 months old.

The announcement came after the Health Ministry said it


would ban advertisement promoting baby formula,especially at
hospital and healthcare centers.

Many maternity wards in Indonesia promote and encourage


mothers of newborns to use baby formula rather than breast milk.

“ Ther will be sanctions relating to doctors’ethics.We will


[mentions this] in the records in the assessment when a doctor ask
for are-certification”.Head of IDI,Parijo Sidipratomo,said at the
medical practitioners survey 2010 discussion.(Monix)

Health Minister Endang Sedyaningsih said her office was


preparing a government regulation on breastfeeding and formula
milk control to support the 2009 health law.

(Galant)
Proponents of first six months exclusive breastfeeding have
said that formula milk advertisement often persuade mothers to
abandon breast milk on the premise that thir products are more
nutritious.

Prijo said breast milk contained the ideal nutrients for


newborns,adding that no formula could replicate nutritional value.

“There are indeed some mothers who face difficulties giving


breast milk.But they are among the minority.Don’t reverce the
facts,the minority should not become the majority”,he said.(Mail)

The 2009 health law stipulates that anyone who attemps to


hamper or influence a mother to drop first six months exclusive
breastfeeding could face charges.The law applies to family
members,employers and medical workers.

Reports have shown that some nurses,pediatricians and


midwives tell mothers who show signs of difficulty giving breast
milk to immediately switch to formula milk.(Kevin)

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