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Update 41 (November 2008)
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PDF available - on-line version available shortly.
- Update 40 (November 2007)
- UK
coalition calls for strong formula law
- Philippines
bans health claims, protects infants
- Research
news: cancer, IQ and obesity
Update 39 (April 2007)
- Calorie
overload and infant feeding
- UN
HIV policy changed on breastfeeding
- Campaign
to support the Philippines
- UK
Crackdown on illegal formula health claims
- Update 38 (September
2006)
- 25
years of the International Code
- New
EU rules threaten infant health
- Tackling
obesity: WHO growth charts, EU actions
- Update 37 (December 2005)
- 6
million lives saved every year
- Formula
researchers exploit HIV
- Italian
police seize formula
- Update 36 (July 2005)
- Resolution
tackles health claims, sponsorship and labels
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Sales fall as laws take effect
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Botswana latest to legislate
- Update 35 (December 2004)
- European
scientists advise against powdered formula for newborns
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Campaign for the Code in Europe reaches critical phase
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Monitoring evidence from 69 countries
- Update 34 (March 2004)
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Monitoring shows UK law being broken
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Trading Standards officers take action
- WHO
warns of 'intrinsic contamination of infant formula'
- Update 33 (Summer 2003)
- Judge
convicts Wyeth SMA of 'cynical and deliberate breach of regulations'
- India
toughens its law
- It's
official: UK recommends exclusive breastfeeding for six months
- Update 32 (December 2002)
- UN
Child Rights Committee tell UK to ban formula advertising
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Pakistan law at last
- Case
Studies from 8 countries
Update 31 (July 2002)
- Nestlé
looks for a miracle as sponsorship deal backfires
-
World Health Assembly success
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Belgium death sparks safety questions
- Update 30 (December 2001)
- Infant
feeding, trade and the EU
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Nestlé and Wyeth target southern Africa
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Donations of breastmil substitutes - more harm than good?
- Brazil
- inspirational policies tackle aggressive marketing practices
- Update 29 (June 2001)
- New
WHA Resolution - 20 years on
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Unethical research on HIV?
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Breaking the Rules 2001
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UK teachers reject commercialism
- Update 28 (November 2000)
- Pakistan
latest
- Focus
on Ghana
-
UN partnerships with industry
- Update 27 (May 2000)
- Milking Profits -
former Nestlé employee blows the whistle
- EU
Scientists declare their interests
- Update 26 (December 1999)
- Nestlé's
new "monitoring" strategy evaluated
- IBFAN
Europe - joining East and West
- Companies
exploit EU directive
- Update 25 (July 1999)
- The
big twelve companies uncovered
- Industry
to be investigated by MEPs
- Nestlé
loses ASA appeal
- Update 24 (February 1999)
- Infant
feeding in the UK
- Milk
bank special
- Export
v. health in Ireland
- IFM
complains about IBFAN award
- Update 23 (October 1998)
- Making
an impact
- IBFAN
receives award
- Pakistan
special report
- EU
Medical Directive causes alarm
- Update 22 (June 1998)
- Dialogue
- who benefits?
- New
reports expose malpractice
- Governments
under attack
- HIV
and infant feeding
- Update 21 (October 1997)
- Companies
target health workers
- How
industry shapes the world
- UK
law campaign renewed
- Update 20 (February/March 1997)
- India Special Report
- 27
agencies publish new evidence
- IBFAN's
monitoring is vindicated
- Nutricia
conceals salmonella risk
- Update 19 (August 1996)
- Contaminants
in UK baby milks
- Nestlé
on the loose in China
- World
Health Assembly says no to commercial sponsorship
- Update 18 (March 1996)
- Johnson
and Johnson bottles out of India
- Sponsorship
- its impact on policy
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