<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Patti Rundall</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:prundall@babymilkaction.org">prundall@babymilkaction.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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<p style="text-align:center;margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%"><b>Online Launch: 2020 Status Report on the National Implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes</b><br>
<span>28 May 2020<br>
15:00 – 17:00 CET<br>
14-16 BST</span><br>
<i>(further details to follow)</i></p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of protecting optimal nutrition, including breastfeeding, to improve child health and survival. Baby Food companies are <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=8ea0d8deb2&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">exploiting the panic</a> and fears of contagion to intensify their aggressive marketing practices.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">In this context, government action to regulate the marketing of breast-milk substitutes has never been greater. The <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=218b3c5910&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes</a> and the <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=a924c08afe&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">19 subsequent relevant World Health Assembly resolutions </a>(“the Code”) spell out key legal safeguards against industry practices that undermine breastfeeding.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">The <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=03f582fc4b&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">World Health Organization</a> (WHO), UNICEF, and the <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=ea47f3877f&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">International Baby Food Action Network</a> (IBFAN) will launch the 2020 Status Report that highlights which countries have implemented measures required by the Code. Given the important role of health workers in protecting pregnant women, mothers and their infants from inappropriate promotion of breastmilk substitutes, the 2020 report provides an extensive analysis of legal measures taken to prohibit promotion to health workers and in health facilities.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left">We will hear from WHO, UNICEF, and IBFAN as well as key health care professionals, government officials, and mothers’ support groups. The event will describe why governments should pay particular attention to protecting families and discuss the challenges in the context of COVID.</p>
<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><b>To join us for the online launch of the 2020 Status Report, kindly <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=f44469bb8e&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">register in advance</a>.</b></p>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#757575;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left"><span style="font-size:10px">For more information about <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=6e037ecc48&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">IBFAN</a> and Baby Milk Action's work and other news check out our <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=cb14984f4f&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Policy Blog.</a> <b>If you would like to support our work by donating, joining or buying materials <a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=11a7638883&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a></b><span> Thanks again</span></span></p>
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<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=3271e7038f&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">COVID-19 WHO and UNICEF stress the importance of breastfeeding</a> and conflict of interest safeguards.<br>
<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=5f9e04e4a3&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for inter-agency Guidance on Infant Feeding in Emergencies<br>
<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=64c26bddb0&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Health and nutrition claims for infant formula are poorly substantiated and potentially harmful</a><br>
<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=058089ce76&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Guidance for the Conduct and Reporting of Clinical Trials of Breast Milk Substitutes</a></span><br>
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<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=1c8321be1c&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Lancet Commission: A Future for the World’s Children says self regulation doesn’t work</a><br>
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<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=427fb48ed7&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Making the Business Case for Nutrition Workshop</a><br>
<a href="https://babymilkaction.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=c4d7655f8113c74ec9ce9fec1&id=1e23ea4828&e=c77606d6a7" style="color:#007c89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Our response to the draft Global Action Plan (GAP) on child wasting</a></span><br>
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