Department of Health, WHO

Contains publications relating to breastfeeding, child nutrition and the marketing of breastmilk substitutes from La Leche League, the International Baby Food Action Network, World Health Organisation, Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica, Royal College of Midwives, Cow and Gate, Department of Health, and Mother and Child Health, as well as two leaflets from BLISS (Baby Life Support Systems) and SANDS (Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Society) related to infant mortality.

Also includes correspondence and resources for National Breastfeeding Awareness Week 20-26th May 1996; Wandsworth NCT Breastfeeding Counsellors meeting minutes with related papers from September 1992, April and May 1994; and a newspaper article on the successful trial of an inverted nipple corrector [1993].

1981-1996

1 file

Name of file may be related to contents sharing the wider aims of The Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative programme launched by the World Health Organization and UNICEF in 1991.

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