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WHO EB 150 Agenda Item 17 Joint Statement on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition

WHO EB 150 Agenda Item 17 Joint Statement on Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition <
Published 01st February 2022
Author NCDA et al.
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This constituency, with support from NCD Alliance, welcomes the report by the Director-General on progress on the implementation plan on maternal, infant and young child nutrition.

We call on Member States to:

• Protect and promote breastfeeding as a powerful and cost-effective double-duty policy action to save lives and boost health of infants and mothers

• Put children’s and mothers’ health ahead of commercial interests by protecting policy development

• Adopt and enforce legal measures to strengthen implementation and monitoring of the Code and strategies to tackle digital marketing