Topic(s): BMS Code, Breastfeeding
Location: Global
Language(s): English
Audience: Health and service providers, Policy makers and legislators, Program designers and implementers
Organization: WHO
Programs: Policy advocacy, Strategic use of data
Category: Monitoring and reporting, Research
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.
This protocol for establishing a national ongoing monitoring system aims to assist governments in establishing a sustainable system that will monitor, detect and report violations of national laws. This enables relevant enforcement actions to be taken, so that violators can be held accountable for behaviour and practices that undermine breastfeeding and place the health of infants and young children at risk.
