6.

Do you agree with the absolute banning of giving perks and benefits to

pediatricians and other health professionals? Justify your answer.

Yes, I do agree with the absolute banning of giving perks and benefits to

pediatricians and other health professionals as it serves as a strategies of

multinational milk companies to promote their products in order that they gain their

own benefits. They cannot use those health professionals as their toy to keep them

on the line. Giving health professionals perks and benefits can imply giving them

extra credits or incentives in return for their services in promoting milk substitutes to

new mothers. Giving them benefits is akin to bribing them to advertise rather than

thanking them for their efforts. Despite the diversity of health practitioners, some can

want to take advantage of the benefits available to them. One possibility is that a

health professional would promote the milk replacement without first researching its

effects on the newborn child. The child would become ill as a result of the harmful

bacteria in the milk. And this might be enough of an excuse to avoid providing them

with perks and benefits. While we cannot guarantee that all health practitioners will

act in the same way, many of them will do so for personal reasons. If this

assumption is right, then health professionals' perks and benefits are linked to the

vulnerability of children aged 0 to 3 to health threats and hazards. But, on the other

hand, society cannot decide whether or not to provide coverage to health

practitioners. Instead, it is up to the marketers to decide whether or not to hire

doctors as advertisers and whether or not to include benefits.

7. “We are appalled and angered by deaths due to terrorism or even extra

judicial killings. Are we also not supposed to react strongly against the 16,000
annual infant mortalities related to bottle-feeding?” React on this statement

against breastmilk substitutes.”

As previously stated, health experts such as UNICEF, WHO, and the Department of

Health estimate that as many as 16,000 child deaths occur in the Philippines each

year as a result of infections and diseases linked to the use of breastmilk substitutes

rather than breast-feeding during an infant's first six months. Their substance causes

a lot of deaths all over the world. It is a disaster unlike any other in the world. It

claims the lives of more people than war. According to the study, the number of

infant deaths was unusually high, pointing to bottle feeding as the cause. Of course,

as ordinary people, we have no power to prevent these events from occurring.

However, when our voices are raised in unison, we can make a difference. We

recommend that those in positions of authority make amends on the matter.

8. What must be put on the labels of formula milk? (Breastmilk is the best milk

for babies or Breastmilk substitutes may be dangerous for babies). Justify

your answer.

I would recommend to put “Breastmilk is the best milk for babies” as labels on

formula milk for reminding that mothers’ own milk is the best source of nutrition for

nearly all infants. Breastfeeding is convenient and inexpensive, and also is a

bonding experience for the mother and infant.