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Need for protection of breastfeeding from commercial influence

Need for protection of breastfeeding from commercial influence. Dr. Arun Gupta Chair Global Council International Baby Food Action Network(IBFAN) Central Coordinator Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI). Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding.

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Need for protection of breastfeeding from commercial influence

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  1. Need for protection of breastfeeding from commercial influence Dr. Arun Gupta Chair Global Council International Baby Food Action Network(IBFAN) Central Coordinator Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)

  2. Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding • Initiation of breastfeeding within an hour of birth • Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months • Complementary feeding after six months • Continued breastfeeding for 2 years and beyond

  3. Breastfeeding Saves Lives Risk of Mortality

  4. Enhancing factors Hindering factors Emptying of breast Bottle feeding, Incorrect positioning, Painful breast FrequentSuckling Expression of milk Night feeds Sensoryimpulse from nipple Prolactin in blood Prolactin “milk secretion” reflex

  5. The Oxytocin reflex Works before or during feed to make milk flow Pain Worry Stress Doubt CONFIDENCE

  6. Baby food market was built on‘Trust’ 1867: Nestle started the commercialisation of formula and has been the subject of a global boycott since 1977 Nestle advert from 1936.

  7. and dependency “In less developed countries, the best form of promoting baby food formulas may well be the clinics which the company sponsors” Nestlé in Developing countries 1970

  8. Nestle AD 1915 Offering Free Sample

  9. Nestle Advertisement 1920 A Mother’s Treasure!

  10. SIMILAC AD – 1929 Citing Scientific AUTHORITY

  11. Nestle Ad 1940s - Lactogen is better than mother’s milk!

  12. Dr. Cicely Williams • Kwashiorkor • Lack of protein in the diet of weanling when new baby arrives Milk and Murder "Misguided propaganda on infant feeding should be punished as the most miserable form of sedition; these deaths should be regarded as murder.” (1939, SP Rotary Club)

  13. Nestle in US Senate hearing with Senator Edward Kennedy (1978)

  14. Global action leading to International Code • International meeting on IYCF - UNICEF, WHO, Governments, NGOs, Corporations • Called for development of an International Code of Marketing • NGOs came together and formed IBFAN • Industry formed International Council of Infant Food Industries (ICIFI) and gave a voluntary code – no prohibition of promotion

  15. On 21 May 1981, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the International Code) under Resolution no. 34.22, with 118 votes for, 1 against and 3 abstentions

  16. IBFAN response to 5 questions

  17. State of the Code by company & country

  18. IMS Act :Enacted Year 1992 The Parliament passed a bill, which was enacted on 29 Dec.r 1992 as the Infant Milk Substitutes, Feeding Bottles and Infant Foods (Regulation of Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 1992 (IMS Act) 2003 Amendment Act : 2 years • BPNI,ACASH,ICCW, CSWB notified in the gazette.

  19. Misusing Health Care System Nestle Start Healthy and Stay Healthy Poster of Mother with Chubby baby displayed in a Paediatric Clinic

  20. No Sponsoring and giving payments to Healthcare Workers and Their Associations

  21. Prohibits Providing Commission to Company Staff to Increase Sales

  22. Consequences of aggressive marketing ! • Children were more likely to be given formula if their mother exposed to advertising messages or suggested by doctor • Those using formula were 6.4 times more likely to stop breastfeeding before 12 months

  23. Save the IMS Act

  24. MN promotion createsnew markets • Baffle with science • Trigger fears that foods lack essential nutrients • Build ‘trust’ through ‘history of safe use’ • Extend the bottle feeding period Sales of toddler milks, said to be an industry priority, because their promotion is less regulated, are predicted to grow by 31%. Euromonitor International http://www.firststepsnutrition.org/children/eating-well_first-six-months.html

  25. Better Late Than Never!

  26. Indian Market Constrained by Regulatory Barriers Source: Euromonitor International The huge disparity in the retail value of milk formula sales between China and India is mainly due to the significant differences between their official regulatory regimes.

  27. Nestle’s Milk Trick (Tehlka)

  28. Section 21 (1) (b) of IMS ACT • An officer not below the rank of a Class I officer authorised in this behalf, by general or special order, by the Government

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