Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding has proven health benefits for both mothers and babies in high-income and low-income settings alike. Yet, less than 50% of babies worldwide are breastfed according to WHO recommendations. For decades, the commercial milk formula industry has used underhand marketing strategies, designed to prey on parents’ fears and concerns, to turn…

A draft approach on preventing and managing conflicts of interest in policy development and implementation of nutrition programmes at country level. The approach proposes a methodology for government officials involved in the development, design, and implementation of public health nutrition policies and programmes to consider in their engagement…

  Sponsorship of health professional and scientific meetings by companies that market foods for infants and young children creates unacceptable conflicts of interest. This information note clarifies what WHO and UNICEF consider to be sponsorship with respect to associations, organizations, companies, and health care providers that organise…

This advocacy guide shares approaches and lessons learned from recent efforts in countries throughout Southeast Asia, which have generated regional momentum and resulted in stronger nutrition policies and programs. Organization Alive & Thrive Publication date 9 December 2016 Language English How the Marketing of Formula Milk Influences Our…

Join technical experts for a review of evidence demonstrating the scope and impact of exploitative digital marketing strategies for the promotion of breast-milk substitutes. Following a mandate at the 2020 World Health Assembly, WHO completed a review of BMS companies' digital marketing strategies, representing the first time such research has…

https://vimeo.com/553409811   Mothers from around the world share how they are impacted by the Code. Organization ILCA/GBC/UNICEF/WHO Publication date 2021 Language English

This document provides simple and easy-to-read information about the implications of trade agreements for domestic implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes. It is intended for all those involved in Code-related policy and law-making, including legislators, policy-makers, regulators and other relevant…

The three-paper Lancet Series on Breastfeeding addresses how the value of breastfeeding is wasted by government and public health, and exploited by the commercial milk industry.  The Series explores:  How baby behaviours are misconstrued to undermine breastfeeding, but multi-sectoral interventions protect its health impacts  How the formula…, The 2023 Lancet series on Breastfeeding was launched with a series of global and regional events, including: ,  , Global Launch , Held Wednesday 8th February at the Royal Society of Medicine, London and online   , Southeast Asia Launch  , Held on Thursday 9th February online   ,   South Africa Launch  , Held on Friday 10th February at the University of the Western Cape and online  A summary of the event is available on the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security website  ,   Australasia & Pacific Launch , Held on Tuesday 14th February online   , Latin America and Caribbean Launch , Held on Tuesday 28th February at Iberoamerican University (IBERO), Mexico City and online , US Launch Event, Download the presentation materials here . Watch the event in English: Watch the event in Spanish:  

USA Launch: The 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, Join study authors and a panel of experts as they unpack a new 3-paper Lancet Series:, Infant behaviours, feeding practices and multisectoral interventions to support breastfeeding The commercial milk formula marketing 'playbook' Power, political and economic structures and their impact on infant feeding, health and human rights Breastfeeding is a collective responsibility and needs to be effectively protected, promoted and…, Moderator, Nina Martin Nina Martin Nina Martin is an editor and reporter for Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting, where she oversees coverage of sex and gender issues. Previously she was a reporter at ProPublica, where her "Lost Mothers" project with NPR, examining maternal mortality in the U.S., inspired sweeping changes to maternal health policy at…, Presenters, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla GBC Rafael Pérez-Escamilla Dr. Rafael Pérez-Escamilla is a tenured Professor at the Yale School of Public Health where he is also Director of the Office of Public Health Practice, the Global Health Concentration, and the Maternal Child Health Promotion Program. His research program has led to large scale global improvements…, Panelists, Stacy Davis Stacy Davis Inspired by her own lived experiences of being a Black woman and mother trying to navigate inequitable health care systems, Stacy Davis has dedicated her work to addressing inequities in maternal child health and lactation. In the past 10 years, Stacy has assisted in the creation of programs and services, including…

The OG-IFE aims to provide concise, practical guidance on how to ensure appropriate infant and young child feeding in emergencies.   Organization Emergency Nutrition Network Publication date 2017 Language English, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Arabic, Swahili, Portuguese, Croatian  Operational Guidance on Infant…

Joint statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell and WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the occasion of World Breastfeeding Week.   Organization World Health Organization  Publication date 31 July 2022 Language English WHO