Dr. Waterston is absolutely spot on with his denunciation of the CMF industry. Those of us who worked in LMICs 40-45 years ago and were against the scourge of the CMF industry inserting itself into our clinical lives, that of pharmacies and those of families with small children are well aware of the power that the CMF industry has. We are still fighting it but they are more securely (financially) positioned than they were many years ago.
Despite all efforts by many, thus far we have failed to bring about a realignment of this conundrum. Physicians in general are a heterogenous group of thinkers, as per the article you have shared. If the pediatricians & family physicians against the CMF industry have not prevailed up until now, what hope is there that they will find a path to be successful in the future? Big pharma is very powerful. Like many other issues raised in HIFA/CHIFA correspondence, we need to continue with international/national
campaigns against the CMF industry. But I think the best work will be done by the individual practitioners who work with individual patients, supporting breastfeeding and then the introduction of local foods when
appropriate.
Mickey Rostoker
CHIFA profile: Mickey Rostoker, MD, FCFP, is Associate Clinical Professor, Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada. He is a HIFA Country Representative: http://www.hifa.org/people/country-representatives
http://www.hifa.org/support/members/mickey
mrostoker AT gmail.com
