Baby Milk Action shop comments

Breastfeeding calendar 2012

2011-09-16T11:08:00.000-07:00

See the pictures and order at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/calendarlatest.html

Please give your views on the pictures and calendar here.

If you have images you would like to be considered for a future calendar, please contact us.

Complementary Feeding: Nutrition, Culture and Politics

2011-07-05T15:39:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#nutritionpolitics

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2010

2010-12-23T03:37:00.000-08:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#btr10

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative - the State of Breastfeeding in 33 Countries

2010-12-23T01:20:00.000-08:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#wbti

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Saggy Boobs and other Breastfeeding Myths

2010-10-19T03:55:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#saggymyths

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breastfeeding calendar 2011

2010-10-19T03:54:00.000-07:00

See the pictures and order at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/calendarlatest.html

Please give your views on the pictures and calendar here.

If you have images you would like to be considered for a future calendar, please contact us.

Breastfeeding Older Children

2010-06-18T03:31:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#olderchildren

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Nestle historic ads - greetings cards

2009-12-21T12:46:00.000-08:00

You can see and order the cards at:

http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/gcards.html#historicads

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

breastfeeding calendar 2010

2009-10-19T15:40:00.000-07:00

Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain

2009-07-03T08:24:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#lovematters

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Food of Love

2009-07-03T01:36:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#foodoflove

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Nestle's UN Global Compact Cover Up

2009-06-17T04:26:00.000-07:00

This report can be viewed on line and ordered through the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#globalcompact

If you have read it, leave your comments here.

Eat Your Heart Out

2009-01-27T03:34:00.000-08:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#heartout

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Global Health Watch 2

2008-12-15T03:16:00.000-08:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#globalhwatch2

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

The following review quotes are taken from the promotional flier:

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‘Ambitious, daring and foresighted, everyone should read GHW2. This is a brave report, and everyone will take something from it’ - Gill Walt, Professor of International Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

‘Excellent ... I highly recommend this treasure trove, which is full of food for thought, to scholars and health workers alike’ - Dr Maria Isabel Rodriguez, Rector of University of El Salvador 1999-2007

‘We shall require many more social innovations, like the People Health Charter, the People Health Movement and the Global Health Watch, if mankind is to survive.’ - Dr. Suwit Wibulpolprasert, MD., Senior Advisor on Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand

‘An extremely important intervention in the debate on global health policies ...sets a new standard for international reports into global social, economic and political issues. All those interested in such critical international issues will find GHW2 essential reading...an important and unique document.’ - Don Robotham, Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York

‘An important contribution to understand the overwhelming health problems and their relation to the globalised oppressive world economy’ - Asa Cristina Laurell, former Secretary of Health of Mexico City and Secretary of Health of the Legitimate Government of Mexico

‘This edition explicitly builds upon its predecessor so that the two volumes can be used together ...this book makes a compelling and coherent case’ - Prof. Vic Neufeld, National Coordinator, Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research
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Baby-led Weaning

2008-11-06T08:58:00.000-08:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#blw

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

BFLG quarterly monitoring reports

2008-10-24T12:27:00.000-07:00

Baby Milk Action is producing quarterly monitoring reports on formula marketing in the UK.

A free pdf can be downloaded from the Virtual Shop, where printed copies can be ordered:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#bflgreports

If you have read it, leave your comments here. How have you used it in your campaigning?

Fit to Bust

2008-08-08T05:13:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#fittobust

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

The following is taken from the site of the author, long-time Baby Milk Action supporter, Alison Blenkinsop:
http://www.linkable.biz/page7.htm

This book is a celebration of breastfeeding, motherhood and related topics. It contains my own compositions of songs and verse, and other material including cartoons, stories, quotations and information on feeding in the human and the animal world.

Profits from the sale of this book will be given to Baby Milk Action to help its vital work of protecting breastfeeding, and protecting babies fed on formula, by ending the irresponsible marketing of breastmilk substitutes. This is a matter of life and death; in areas with unsafe water a bottle-fed child is up to 25 times more likely to die as a result of diarrhoea. (I saw babies die from lack of breastfeeding when I lived and worked in Pakistan with CMS from 1976 to 1990.) In developed countries, a bottle-fed baby has a lower standard of health than a fully breastfed baby in the developing world. According to UNICEF, reversing the decline in breastfeeding could save 1.5 million lives around the world every year.

Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation that works within a global network, the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). See Baby Milk Action

The book's production is entirely independent of Baby Milk Action, and the organisation takes no responsibility for any of its contents.

Rule, Breastfeeding!
(tune: Rule, Britannia!)

For many years I have been writing humorous songs
to raise awareness of the many things that steal breastfeeding’s heart and soul,
and now I have a book to enable me to reach that goal.
This is my purpose, to help correct those wrongs,
and raise funds for Baby Milk Action’s vital role.

Love, and Mum’s milk, will save the world, I trust;
learn all about it while you’re laughing fit to bust!

Breastfeeding calendar 2009

2008-08-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

Global Obligations for the Right to Food

2008-07-04T07:55:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#gorf

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

It includes a chapter by Baby Milk Action's Campaigns and Networking Coordinator, Mike Brady, on holding corporations accountable and by Dr. Arun Gupta of our Indian partner organisation on International Legal Obligations for Infants' Right to Food.

Publishers publicity:

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Global Obligations for the Right to Food
Edited by George Kent

"Global Obligations for the Right to Food offers an in-depth look at the urgent need for global responsibility. In this timely work, George Kent and a group of experts address issues of corporate accountability, children’s right to food, and public access to seeds. As persistent inequalities lead to increasing levels of under nutrition on the one hand, and a growing pandemic of obesity on the other hand, Global Obligations for the Right to Food brings much needed attention to this very complex issue."—

David Clark, Legal Officer Nutrition Section UNICEF, New York

A child may be born into a poor country, but not into a poor world. If global human rights are to be meaningful, they must be universal. Global Obligations for the Right to Food assesses the nature and depth of the global responsibility to ensure adequate food for the world's population.

While governments have primary responsibility for assuring the right to food for people under national jurisdictions, we as a global community all have some responsibilities as well. Global Obligations for the Right to Food explores the various actions that should be taken by governments, non-governmental organizations, and individuals to ensure that all people of the world have access to adequate food.

George Kent is professor of political science at the University of Hawai’i, and the author of several books, including Children in the International Political Economy and Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food.

This book was prepared by a Task Force of the Working Group on Nutrition, Ethics, and Human Rights of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition. The Toda Institute for Global Peace and Policy Research of Tokyo and Honolulu provided financial assistance.

Table of Contents:

Preface by George Kent

• Chapter One: Global Obligations by George Kent

• Chapter Two: Extraterritorial Obligations: A Response to Globalization by Rolf Künnemann and Sandra Ratjen

• Chapter Three: International Legal Dimensions of the Right to Food by Federica Donati and Margret Vidar

• Chapter Four: Holding Corporations Accountable in Relation to the Right to Food by Mike Brady

• Chapter Five: International Legal Obligations for Infants' Right to Food by Arun Gupta

• Chapter Six: Global Action against Worms, Malaria, and Measles by Michael Latham

• Chapter Seven: Public Access to Seeds and the Human Right to Adequate Food by Marc Cohen and Anitha Ramanna

• Chapter Eight: Global Support for School Feeding by S. Vivek

• Chapter Nine: Reflections by George Kent

• Chapter Ten: Recommendations by Mike Brady, Marc Cohen, Federica Donati, Arun Gupta, George Kent, Rolf Künnemann

The Politics of Breastfeeding

2008-06-10T09:37:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#politics

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breastfeeding Made Simple

2008-04-03T10:36:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#bfmadesimple

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

The Oxytocin Factor

2008-04-03T10:29:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#oxytocin

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

DVD campaign pack

2008-01-29T12:57:00.000-08:00

This pack is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/campaignpacks.html#dvdpack

If you have used it, please leave your comments here.

Breaking the Rules 2007

2008-01-09T07:01:00.000-08:00

Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2007 is a round-up of monitoring evidence from the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN).

Extracts are available as free downloads at:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=510&iui=1

Printed copies can be ordered from the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#btr07

If you have read it, leave your comments here. How have you used it in your campaigning?

Protecting breastfeeding - Protecting babies fed on formula

2007-09-30T12:58:00.000-07:00

This publication is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#bflgsubmission

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

It is the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG) submission to the UK government's consultation on formula marketing regulations, published by Baby Milk Action.

It contains evidence from the BFLG monitoring project, coordinated by Baby Milk Action - lots of pictures and explanation of how the companies are breaking World Health Assembly marketing requirements and exploiting loopholes in the current law. Plus legal arguments for implementing those requirements in the UK and evidenced-based responses to specific questions from the government about health and economic impact of different options.

You can access a pdf version via the shop, though we ask you to buy a printed copy from us as we have no grant funding for UK work and this is a way to help fund it.

Breastfeeding calendar 2008

2007-08-23T15:39:00.000-07:00

What Mothers Do: Especially When It Looks Like Nothing

2007-08-23T09:41:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#mothersdo

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breast is Best

2007-08-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#breastbestbook

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breastfeeding In Hospital: Mothers, Midwives and the Production Line

2007-08-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#inhospital

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breastfeeding for Dummies

2007-08-23T09:32:00.001-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#dummies

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Fresh Milk: The Secret Life of Breasts

2007-08-23T09:28:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#freshmilk

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Bestfeeding: How to Breastfeed Your Baby

2007-08-23T09:24:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#bestfeeding

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Breastfeeding for Everywoman

2007-08-23T09:21:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#everywoman

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

So that’s what they’re for! The Definitive Breastfeeding Guide

2007-08-23T09:17:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#whattheyrefor

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Maternal and Infant Nutrition and Nurture: Controversies and Challenges

2007-08-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

This book is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications03.html#maternal

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Codes in Context: TNC regulation in an era of dialogues and partnerships

2007-08-23T09:07:00.000-07:00

This Cornerhous briefing paper is available on the Cornerhouse website and can be ordered as a printed version in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications02.html#codesincontext

If you have read it, please leave your comments here.

Seeing through the Spin education pack

2007-08-23T08:30:00.000-07:00

You can view the exercise from this pack and order it via the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#spin

If you have used the pack, please leave comments here.

Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Policy, Strategy and Practice

2007-08-23T07:46:00.000-07:00

This publication is available in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#policies

It arises from a meeting Baby Milk Action and partners in the Emergency Nutrition Network convened with emergency relief agencies.

Contents are:

Introduction

Policy and Strategy Statement

Activities to Implement Strategy

HIV and Infant Feeding
Fact Sheet
Advertorial
Triage for Decision Making
Prioritisation of Alternatives for Feeding Infants
Cup Feeding

Monitoring and Evaluation

Gaps in Knowledge: Areas for further study

If you have read the report, please leave your comments here.

Infant Feeding in Emergencies

2007-08-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

This booklet can be viewed on line and ordered through the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#emergencies

If you have read it, leave your comments here.

The Code Handbook

2007-08-23T04:47:00.000-07:00

This is an authoritative guide to implementing the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant World Health Assembly Resolutions in legislation.

It is used on the week-long training courses on code implementation organised by our partners in the International Code Documentation Centre. Baby Milk Action has used it in training we have delivered for policy makers around the world.

The contents are as follows:

Chapter 1. The International Code: Historical Background

Chapter 2. Marketing in Perspective

Chapter 3. Defining the Scope

Chapter 4. Promotion to the Public

Chapter 5. Promotion to Health Workers and Health Care Facilities

Chapter 6. Information and Education

Chapter 7. Labelling

Chapter 8. Implementing National Measures

Model Law

Appendices

A. Selected National Measures [laws from around the world]

B. The International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

C. Related Resolutions of the World Health Assembly

D. The Innocenti Declaration

E. Roster of National Laws, Regulations and Voluntary Measures

F. Related Reading

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Written by legal expert, Ellen J. Sokol, who has conducted many training courses using the materials, it is fully referenced, legally sound, but also accessible.

Here is a sample:

---extract (page 42/43)

A large number of countries also consider the marketing of follow-up formula (also called follow-on milk) to be particularly harmful to good breastfeediing practices. Follow-up formula is an infant formula that is most often recommended by the manufacturer for babies older than six months, and in some cases, for babies older than four months.

...

It is not far-fetched to state that the majority of companies created follow-up milk as an attempt to get around the restrictions of the International Code and recapture the customers they would lose with the end of commercial promotions of standard infant formula. A study in the Philippines showed that in the two years after the Philippine Milk Code was adopted, company distribution to health facilities of normal infant formula fell by 95%. Yet in that same period, 1986-1988, the proportion of facilities receiving formula for older infants increased by 80%.
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If you have read the book or attended a training course, leave your comments here.

Box top campaign pack

2007-08-23T04:09:00.000-07:00

Pack of leaflets and information for campaigning to stop Nestlé breakfast cereal promotion in schools and raise awareness of the boycott. Some of the information is also available on line. See:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/boycott.html#boxtop

Let us know your view of the pack and experience of using it.

Nestlé boycott car window sticker

2007-08-23T04:05:00.000-07:00

Give Nescafé the Boot car window sticker, available at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/boycott.html#cws

Leave your comments on this item and experience of using it.

Nescafé, no thanks cards

2007-08-23T04:01:00.000-07:00

These credit-card-sized cards are available in packs of 100 to leave wherever you want there to be an alternative to Nescafé coffee. See:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/boycott.html#nothanks

Let us know your view of the card and experience of using them.

Nestlé product list cards

2007-08-23T03:53:00.000-07:00

These credit-card-sized cards list Nestlé's principle brands. Available in packs of 100 for distributing to friends and colleagues at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/boycott.html#product

Leave your comments and experiences of using them and anything that you would like changed on the list. A fuller list can be found at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/pages/products.html

Reusable shopping bags

2007-08-23T03:44:00.001-07:00

You can find the range of reusable, Fair Trade cotton shopping bags with Nestlé boycott logos at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/boycott.html#reusablebag

Leave comments on what you think of them and if you want to send a picture of you out and about with yours for posting here (and possibly using to promote the bags) please email Mike Brady.

Here's one of Campaigns Coordinator, Mike Brady, with volunteer, Jilna Shah.

Do-it-yourself images

2007-08-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

We have a range of images you can use to produce your own campaign materials.

We ask for a donation for use of the images. See:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/diy.html

You can also find images in our photo archive.

Leave your comments on the images available and how you have used them.

If you have images to donate, please contact us.

Breastfeeding calendar 2007

2007-08-22T21:12:00.000-07:00

See the pictures and order at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/calendar2007.html

Please give your views on the pictures and calendar here.

If you have images you would like to be considered for a future calendar, please contact us.

Fridge-magnets mug

2007-08-22T21:09:00.000-07:00

You can order the mug at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/mugs.html#magnets

If you have one, leave your comments here.

We are looking for a better name for this item. Please leave your suggestions!

Don't be a mug - give Nescafé the boot with this mug!

2007-08-22T21:06:00.001-07:00

You can order the mug at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/mugs.html#boycott

If you have one, leave your comments here.

Nestlé/Baby Milk Action debate

2007-08-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

You can find details and borrow a DVD or video at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/videos.html#debate

If you have seen it, please leave your comments here.

Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2004 report launch

2007-08-22T20:49:00.000-07:00

You can find details and order a DVD or video at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/videos.html#btr

If you have seen it, please leave your comments here.

Breast is Best DVD and video

2007-08-22T20:45:00.000-07:00

You can find details and order a DVD or video at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/videos.html#breast

If you have seen it, please leave your comments here.

Visual Guide to Breastfeeding DVD - Dr. Jack Newman

2007-08-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

You can find details of this DVD and order at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/videos.html#visualguide

If you have seen the DVD, please leave your comments here.

Formula for Disaster - UNICEF Philippines 2007

2007-08-22T20:32:00.001-07:00

You can watch this 2007 film from UNICEF Philippines on line and order a DVD via:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/videos.html#philippines

Please comment on the film and your experience of using it.

Infant feeding and obesity poster

2007-08-22T20:27:00.000-07:00

You can download a sample pdf and order a printed version at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/posters.html#obesity

Give your views and experiences of the posters here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use on a future poster, please let us know.

Boycott poster

2007-08-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the poster at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/posters.html#boycott

Give your views and experiences of the posters here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use on a future poster, please let us know.

Twins poster set

2007-08-22T20:21:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the posters at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/posters.html#twins

Give your views and experiences of the posters here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use on a future poster, please let us know.

Breastfeeding posters

2007-08-22T20:18:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the posters at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/posters.html#breastfeeding

Give your views and experiences of the posters here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use on a future poster, please let us know.

Triplets postcard

2007-08-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/pcards.html#triplets

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Twins postcard

2007-08-22T20:09:00.001-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/pcards.html#twins

This picture originally appeared in the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition newsletter with the explanation:

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This picture tells two stories: most obviously, about the often fatal consequences of bottle-feeding; more profoundly, about the age-old bias in favour of the male. The child with the bottle is a girl - she died the next day. Her twin brother was breastfed. This woman was told by her mother-in-law that she didn't have enough milk for both her children, and so should breastfeed the boy. But almost certainly she could have fed both children herself, because the process of suckling induces the production of milk. However, even if she found that she could not produce sufficient milk - unlikely as that would be - a much better alternative to bottle-feeding would have been to find a wet-nurse. Ironically, this role has sometimes been taken by the grandmother. In most cultures, before the advent of bottle-feeding, wet-nursing was a common practice.

"Use my picture if it will help", said the mother. "I don't want other people to make the same mistake."

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Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Campaign postcards

2007-08-22T20:04:00.001-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/pcards.html#campaign

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Breastfeeding postcards

2007-08-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/pcards.html#breastfeeding

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Humorous breastfeeding postcards

2007-08-22T19:53:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/pcards.html#humorous

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Notecards

2007-08-22T19:41:00.000-07:00

You can see and order the cards at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/gcards.html#notecards

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use in a future set contact Mike Brady.

Greetings cards

2007-08-22T19:26:00.000-07:00

There are a variety of cards. You can order a pack of one design or a mixed set at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/gcards.html#gcard

Give your views and experiences of the cards here.

If you have images that you think may be suitable for us to use on a future set contact Mike Brady.

Baby at the breast t-shirt

2007-08-22T19:20:00.000-07:00

See pictures in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/tshirts.html#atbreast

Give your views and experience of the t-shirts here.

And if you have any pictures of the t-shirts being worn which we can add to this page (and possibly use in our promotions) please send them to Mike Brady.

Give Nescafé the Boot t-shirt

2007-08-22T19:14:00.000-07:00

See pictures in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/tshirts.html#boot

Give your views and experience of the t-shirts here.

And if you have any pictures of the t-shirts being worn which we can add to this page (and possibly use in our promotions) please send them to Mike Brady.

Magnet t-shirt child sizes

2007-08-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

These t-shirts have a line of our popular pregnant and breastfeeding fridge magnets from Brazil displayed on them.

See pictures in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/tshirts.html#unitedchild

Give your views and experience of the t-shirts here.

And if you have any pictures of the t-shirts being worn which we can add to this page (and possibly use in our promotions) please send them to Mike Brady.

We are also looking for a better name for these t-shirts. Suggestions welcome.

Magnet t-shirt adult

2007-08-22T10:14:00.000-07:00

These t-shirts have a line of our popular pregnant and breastfeeding fridge magnets from Brazil displayed on them.

See pictures in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/tshirts.html#united

Give your views and experience of the t-shirts here.

And if you have any pictures of the t-shirts being worn which we can add to this page (and possibly use in our promotions) please send them to Mike Brady.

We are also looking for a better name for these t-shirts. Suggestions welcome.

The Code in Cartoons

2007-08-22T08:14:00.000-07:00

This is a basic guide to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly.

As the name suggests, it is illustrated with cartoons of the style shown on the cover.

Text is simple and warns strongly against formula feeding and greedy companies. Here is a sample:

---Extract
So why is bottle-feeding terrible?

Formula is made of cows' milk. That's good for calves but not for babies.

Even mothers who can read and write, make mistakes mixing too much powder with too little water or too little powder in a lot of water.

So, often the baby gets milk which is under or over-diluted. Worse, the water used may be contaminated.

....

What is the aim of the Code?

The Code aims to contribute to the safe feeding and better nutrition of babies and to protect mothers and breastfeeding from aggressive marketing of baby foods.

It is a marketing code. It does not ban the sale of baby foods, but only bans or restricts promotional practices which entice mothers to replace their breastmilk with commercial products.
---extracts end

It can be ordered in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#cartoons

If you have read it, please leave a comment.

Healthworkers Guide to the Code: Protecting Infant Health

2007-08-22T06:28:00.000-07:00

This is a guide to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the importance of promoting and protecting breastfeeding, designed for health workers of any country.

The contents are:

Foreword
Introduction and Background
Why a Marketing Code?
How was the International Code developed?
Summary of the International Code
What can Health Workers do to make the Code work?
Detailed examination of some of the important provisions of the Code
Keeping the Code up to date
HIV, Infant Feeding and the Code
How the Infant Food Industry views the Code
The Innocenti Declaration
Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding
Health Workers in Action
The International Code (text in full)
World Health Assembly Resolutions
International Code Documentation Centre
Useful Addresses and Resources

It contains black and white photograhs, examples of marketing and cartoons.

Here is a sample:

----Extract
Health workers have a responsibility to protect and promote breastfeeding

Those who work most closely with mothers and infants should study and discuss the International Code, especially the information intended for mothers and listed in Article 4.2.

No promotion to health workers

Only scientific and factual information about infant feeding products may be supplied to health workers by companies.

All this information should include the points set out in Article 4.2.

This information should emphasise that breastfeeding is far superior to artificial infant feeding.
----extract ends

[Cartoon baby] "I was on starter formula. Then continuation formula. And I hope to graduate to the advanced formula. I'm working my way up the corporate ladder!"

If you have used the guide, leave your comments here.

Checks and Balances in the Global Economy

2007-08-22T06:23:00.000-07:00

This report is available as a free pdf download.

It can be ordered from the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#checks

If you have read it, leave your comments here.

State of the Code charts

2007-08-22T06:17:00.000-07:00

The State of the Code by Country chart shows how well governments have implemented the International Code and Resolutions.

It is available as a pdf, though a little difficult to print as it gate folds. See:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=298&iui=1

Order it in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#socs

If you have made use of the chart (or the out-of-print State of the Code by company chart) leave your comments here.

Breaking the Rules 2004

2007-08-22T06:02:00.000-07:00

Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2004 is a round-up of monitoring evidence from the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN).

It is available as a free download at:
http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=302&iui=1

Printed copies can be ordered from the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#btr04

There is also a DVD of the launch available and a power-point presentation using some of the examples can be found in the Nestlé-Free Zone.

If you have read it, leave your comments here. How have you used it in your campaigning?

Fighting an Old Battle in a New World

2007-08-22T05:39:00.000-07:00

This history of the baby food campaign is written by Annelies Allain, a founder-member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), explaining the strategy employed to protect infants from the aggressive marketing practices of the baby food industry.

Our principal tools are the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent, relevant Resolutions fo the World Health Assembly, which are included as an annex in the book.

Here is an extract from the foreword, written by Halfdan Mahler, Director General of the World Health Organisation for 15 years:

---Extract
IBFAN has been a key player in the movement for greater - and more transparent - corporate responsibility and accountability, by continuing to keep the Code alive, by pushing WHO to keep it visible on its agenda. The Code is a reasonably sensitive and specific instrument to regulate a particular sector of industry, which has 'survived' the clarion call for putting Health First in the late 1970s and early 1980s. I believe that the only reason it did not wither away like many other splendid ideas of those days, is that it was adopted by IBFAN and nursed by them ever since. I am convinced that millions of babies have been saved by IBFAN's efforts to keep a watchful eye on corporate promotion.
---extract ends

Annelies provides insight into the strategies that have helped to save lives and the efforts of the baby food industry to undermine our work, recalling key events through the history of the campaign.

Here is a sample:

---Extract
Nestlé failed to turn up at the first hearing of the European Parliament's Development and Cooperation Committee in November 2000. The Committee had selected the food industry and clothing industry for starters in an effort to set EU Standards for European Enterprises operating in Developing Countries. Although Nestlé had initially welcomed this chance to put its case to the Parliament, it apparently changed its mind, maybe after hearing that IBFAN and UNICEF representatives would also be present. The hearing came on the heels of adverse publicity about Nestlé's unethical marketing practices in Pakistan. It seems likely that the company felt its reputation would be less damaged by its non-appearnace than by being required to answer embarassing questions about bribing doctors, setting sales targets and issuing threats to the whistleblower who denounced all this and provided hard evidence.
---extract ends

Buy the book to find out what happened next...

Order it in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#oldandnew

If you have read it, leave your comments here.

International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and relevant WHA resolutions

2007-08-22T05:16:00.000-07:00

This may look like a small blue book, but it is the most powerful corporate accountability tools in existence.

Implemented to some degree in over 70 countries in legislation and monitored by Baby Milk Action and partners around the world, it is backed by the authority of the World Health Assembly (made up the health ministries of member states).

Where it is enforced, aggressive marketing is stopped. In countries such as Brazil it is part of a strategy that is seeing significant recovery in breastfeeding rates.

While companies claim it is complex and difficult to follow, it is actually very clear. You can find out more and read the text on the website of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which has published this compilation.

NOTE: The text of the Code and Resolutions are also included in some other IBFAN publications which you may find of interest, so check those before ordering this item.

Order it at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#code

Leave your comments here.

Risks of Formula Feeding: a Brief Annotated Bibliography

2007-08-22T04:42:00.000-07:00

Leave your comments about this 8-page pamplet from INFACT Canada here.

It is a light publication for the money, we admit, but is packed with heavy-weight information describing key studies on infant feeding arranged in 16 themes. Here is a sample:

---Publication extract:
10 Increased risk of diabetes

[4 studies described including...]

Early introduction of infant formula, solids and cow's milk are factors shown to increase the incidence of Type I diabetes later in life. Swedish (517) and Lithuanian (286) children aged 0 to 15 years who were diagnosed with Type I diabetes were compared to non-diabetic controls. The results showed that exclusive breastfeeding for five months and total breastfeeding for longer than seven or nine moths are protective against diabetes.

Sadauskaite-Kuehne V, Ludvigsson J, Padaiga Z, Jasinskiene E, Samuel U. Longer breastfeeding is an independent protective factor against development of type I diabetes mellitus in childhood. Diabet Metab Res Rev 20:150-157, 2004.
---Extract ends

You will find it in the Virtual Shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#risks

Hard Sell Formula: Strategies used by the baby food industry in the UK

2007-08-22T04:27:00.000-07:00

You can download this 4-page pamphlet free of charge. It is available to purchase in packs of 10. See:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/publications01.html#hardsell

Leave your comments here. Have you found it interesting? Have you used it in your campaigning to strengthen the UK law?

Find out more about our UK law campaign here:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/action/ukaction07.html

Baby Milk Action membership

2007-08-22T03:02:00.000-07:00

Becoming a member of Baby Milk Action is one of the most effective ways to support the campaign.

Your membership fees provide a vital source of income to fund our work.

We keep you informed on our work and infant feeding issues through our Update newsletter. A printed version is sent through the post about every 6 months. You can opt to receive email alerts when it is posted onto the website as well or instead of receiving the printed version. Sign up for alerts and we will send you an email whenever there are significant developments.

Members receive a printed version of our Year Report, giving an overview of our activities and finances, and an invitation to our Annual General Meeting (AGM), where members are elected to the Board of Directors. As a not-for-profit company, we are accountable to our members. Our accounts are audited and available at the AGM and on request and are filed at Companies House.

When you first join you receive a membership pack, containing past newsletters and campaign materials.

We value all the support we receive from the public, whether it is writing letters, spreading the word, campaigning on the boycott or supporting our work financially.

Financial support is essential. We operate on a small budget, achieving amazing things, such as the recent crack down on illegal claims on formula labels in the UK and international attention to the industry's attack on regulations in the Philippines.

A few pounds will enable us to copy our Campaign for Ethical Marketing action sheet for a stall or distribute copies of our Hard Sell Formula pamphlet.

It is an unequal struggle, shown by the fact that one company is spending £3 million promoting its baby formula in a UK campaign. We are already working to expose misleading messages, to monitor and to call it to account. In the Philippines the companies called in the US Chamber of Commerce to threaten the President with loss of investment and have tried to get the representatives for UNICEF and WHO sacked for speaking out in favour of strong regulations.

Writing on the Philippines case, George Monbiot described Baby Milk Action as "one of the world's most impressive public health campaigns." See:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,2095675,00.html

We owe much of our impact to our members, so please join if you have not done so already. Whether your interest is the international situation or the UK, whether you are breastfeeding or using formula, supporting our work will help to improve the protection for mothers and babies.

Annual membership is just £18 waged, £7 unwaged and £25 family (there was a small increase in waged and family rates in September 2007, the first time since 1996). It is up to you how you classify your membership. We trust you. You can also pay a regular amount by standing order incorporating your annual membership if you wish. Contact us and we will send you details.

If you are already a member of Baby Milk Action feel free to leave your comments on why you think it is important to support the campaign in this way or give feedback on our membership support.

Welcome to the Baby Milk Action shop blog

2007-08-22T02:49:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this blog is to give you a bit more information on the products you will find in the Baby Milk Action on-line Virtual Shop. You can find the shop at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/shop/

Income from sales, membership and donations currently makes up over half of Baby Milk Action's income. It is essential to keep us operating and holding the baby food industry to account. The rest of our income comes from development agencies and charitable trusts. You can find further information in our Year Reports at:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/resources/yearreports/yearreports.html

You can find out more about Baby Milk Action's work on our website:
http://www.babymilkaction.org/

For a look behind the scenes, follow the Campaigns and Networking Coordinator's daily blog:
http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/

You will find information on this blog about the items in the shop. If you have any general comments about the service or suggestions for new items, please leave them on this entry.