The care and feeding of infants and young children are compromised in emergency situations such as droughts, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, epidemics and war, which often lead to high rates of disease and death....
37 years after the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes, baby food companies continue to pay lip service and claim to be staunch breastfeeding supporters. ...
Invited and organised by UNICEF, ICDC consultants, Annelies Allain (Director) and Yeong Joo Kean (Legal Advsior) were in Dili, Timor Leste to promote Code implementation from 26 November to 4 December. ...
Found in Luxembourg, in a German medical journal for nurses, Medela introduces its pump and bottle specifically for neonatal intensive care unit, stating it is “the safe way for breastmilk’’. ...
Tigers, a movie about how a brave whistleblower took on Nestle for their unethical marketing practices that were harming the health and lives of Pakistan’s infants finally hit the screens on 21st November, 12 years after production started....
In a surprise turn of events, the sponsorship from Medela, a persistent Code violator was removed from a Kuwaiti conference when a speaker objected to the sponsorship. ...
At the “Conscious Motherhood” festival in Russia, Dr Brown’s had a stall displaying samples of its products. ...
Promotional pamphlets for NUK teats are available for mothers at a polyclinic in Irkutsk, Russia. ...
In Aachen, Germany, a price tag offering special “low price” is used to promote HiPP infant formula products at a drugstore. ...
In Russia, mothers received a “Calendar for the baby of the first year of life” from pediatricians which promotes a full range of Heinz complementary food products for babies below 6 months....