Babies dying because of incorrect bottle-feeding

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Updated September 25, 2008 10:49:18

Infants in Papua New Guinea are dying as a result of drinking infant formula from unsanitary feeding bottles. Malnutrition and disease cause the death of many infants in developing nations because of incorrect delivery of infant feeding formula.

Presenter: Kate McPherson.
Speakers: Dr Trevor Duke, prominent PNG paediatrician; Jan Carey, executive director of the Infant Formula Manufacturers Association of Australia.

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