UNICEF promotes exclusive breastfeeding to save...

[communitywork]

Flash: MANILA - The Supreme Court on Oct. 8 lifted a ban on the advertising of powdered baby milk. The ban, which is included in the government's 1986 "Milk Code," took effect last year, affecting an industry worth millions of dollars. The WHO and the UNICEF supported the ban, but the milk companies' Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines had challenged its legality in court. UNICEF spokesman in Manila, Dale Rutstein, said his organization was disappointed by the decision.

[Maineah]

This is a very sad development. What will your campaign do next? Does the Supreme Court ruling make the Milk Code with no legal basis?

[communitywork]

It is so sad that in the Philippines, because of unethical marketing practices of formula and milk corporations, less than 16% of children get breast fed. Let us all support UNICEF campaigns for exclusive breastfeeding!

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