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Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand

Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand. Name: Ugyen Zangmo Country: Bhutan. Nutritional status. Inappropriate promotion of baby foods. No advertisement in media (shops) Samples and gifts in the hospitals, early 1990s (not any more)

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Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand

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  1. Infants' right to food Assessing where countries stand Name: Ugyen Zangmo Country: Bhutan

  2. Nutritional status

  3. Inappropriate promotion of baby foods • No advertisement in media (shops) • Samples and gifts in the hospitals, early 1990s (not any more) • Companies trying to set up the shelves of the shops • Giving incentives to shops for keeping their product at the eye level.

  4. WBTi assessment • Established baseline data on IYCF • IYCF policy and strategy • Operational plan for five years • 10th plan, one of the major focus

  5. Conflict of Interest • Maternity leave for the mothers • Private/government • Commercial formulas and complementary foods available

  6. Maternity Benefits • 3 months maternity leave • 5 working days paternity leave • Nursing break of one hour a day • No Creches at work places • No wage compensation for the non-formal sectors • No practices of milk storage

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