Handout
May 28 2021
Timeline of the International Code of the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
This timeline presents key dates in the development and implementation of the International Code of the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes.
Brief
May 25 2021
WHO/UNICEF Note on Cross Promotion
The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes prohibits the promotion of breast-milk substitutes to the general public.
Report
May 25 2021
Milking It: Portfolio of resources from Changing Markets
These three reports, part of Changing Markets' Access to Nutrition Campaign, look at the lack of scientific support for infant milks.
Report
May 25 2021
Don't Push It: Why the formula milk industry must clean up its act
"It is the forgotten issue of our time, a problem that most people thought had gone away with the Nestlé boycott of the 1970s and 1980s," write the authors of this 2018 report from Save the Children.
Report
May 25 2021
MARKETING OF BREAST-MILK SUBSTITUTES: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CODE STATUS REPORT 2018
This report provides updated information on the status of implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions (“the Code”) in and by countries.
Guide/Manual
May 25 2021
WHO NetCode Toolkit, with annexes
Monitoring is essential in countries that have implemented the Code as national laws to detect violations and to enable effective interventions to stop or eliminate non-compliant actions.