World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is a network of people working on a global scale to eliminate obstacles to breastfeeding and to act on the Innocenti Declaration. The groups within this alliance tackle the problems from a variety of perspectives or point of views, such as consumer advocates, mothers, and lactation consultants.

Among the various organizations and individuals involved in the creation of WABA, Derrick and Pat Jelliffe, two experts in tropical paediatrics and infant nutrition, were instrumental in its founding and in the launching of some of its more visible early initiatives.

WABA endorses the "World Breastfeeding Week", held annually August 1st through the 7th, to put together the efforts of all breastfeeding advocates, governments, and the public.

Campaigns

Several campaigns have also been held to help with their ideology.

1992- Nicknamed the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), these campaigns focused mainly on hospital practices. They wanted hospitals to take steps which would support Breastfeeding and indoctrinate the Innocenti Declaration.

1993- This campaign tackled the problem of developing mother-friendly workplaces. In general, they wanted mothers to be able to combine breastfeeding with their working atmosphere.

1994- The main focus of the '94 campaign was to implement again the Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in all countries to meet the demands of the Innocenti Declaration.

Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

"Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes" (Rules for industries, health workers, and governments to regulation the promotion of baby products through marketing):

# No advertising of any of these products to the public.
# No free samples to mothers.
# No promotion of products in health care facilities, including the distribution of free or low-cost supplies.
# No company sales representatives to advise mothers.
# No gifts or personal samples to health workers.
# No words or pictures idealizing artificial feeding, or pictures of infants on labels of infant milk containers.
# Information to health workers should be scientific and factual.
# All information on artificial infant feeding, including that on labels, should explain the benefits of breastfeeding, and the costs and hazards associated with artificial feeding.
# Unsuitable products, such as sweetened condensed milk, should not be promoted for babies.
# Manufacturers and distributors should comply with the Code's provisions even if countries have not adopted laws or other measures.

References

Van Esterik, Penny. "On the Civilizing of Appetite." Ed. Carole Counihan and Penny van Esterik. New York: Routledge, 1997. 370-383.

External links

* [http://www.waba.org.my/ Web site of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action]


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