Brief

May 23 2021

Promoting and protecting breastfeeding in India: The Role of Health Providers and Policymakers in Supporting the IMS Act

This brief sums up key points of India's Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act for health providers and policy makers.

Brief

May 16 2021

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Legislation to Protect Breastfeeding in Viet Nam: A Stronger Decree 21 Can Improve Child Nutrition and Reduce Stunting

Adopted in 2006, Decree 21 aimed to support optimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) by limiting how and where breast milk substitutes can be promoted.

Brief

May 16 2021

Why National Policies Should Support Breastfeeding: The Benefits of Breast Milk vs. Infant Formula

Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life is the single most effective intervention for preventing child deaths.

Presentation

May 16 2021

Inappropriate promotion of Japanese formula products in Southeast Asia countries

This slidedeck highlights the findings of a survey of violations of the BMS Code by Japanese companies across Southeast Asia. The survey was conducted by the Southeast Asia office of Alive & Thrive in 2018.

Report

May 06 2021

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Review of Status of BMS Code Implementation in Vietnam

Adopted in 2006, Decree 21 on the Trade and Use of Nutrition Products for Young Children aims to promote optimal breastfeeding practices by limiting how and where breastmilk substitutes and other nutrition products for young children can be promoted.

Journal article

Nov 15 2019

Translating the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes into national measures in nine countries (Michaud-Letourneau, I., 2018. Maternal & Child Nutrition)

This paper investigates how the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) was translated from an international policy framework to protect breastfeeding against inappropriate marketing practices into national level legislation, in the context of the advocacy efforts un

 
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