Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries: response

• Tanya Doherty,
• David Clark,
• Raul Mercer,
• Max Kroon,
• Thorkild Tylleskär,
• Anne Bærug,
• Kathy Burgoine,
• Phillip Baker,
• Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen,
• Catherine Jane Pereira-Kotze

Affiliations

Tanya Doherty

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

David Clark

Cardiovascular Division, Northwest Heart Centre, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK

Raul Mercer

Program of Social Sciences and Health, FLACSO Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Max Kroon

Neonatology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa

Thorkild Tylleskär

1 Centre for International Health, Universitetet i Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Anne Bærug

1 Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Breastfeeding, Women and Children`s Division, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Kathy Burgoine

Neonatal Unit, Mbale Regional Referral Hospital, Mbale, Uganda

Phillip Baker

Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, Australia

Ingunn Marie S Engebretsen

4 Centre for International Health, Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Catherine Jane Pereira-Kotze

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa