Improving early childhood nutrition

ARCH is working to strengthen policies that promote optimal infant and young child nutrition.

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Supporting countries to protect breastfeeding

ARCH helps countries advocate for improved compliance with the International Code on Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes.

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Building the evidence base

Are kids getting the nutrition they need to thrive? View ARCH’s research findings on the availability, promotion, and consumption of foods for infants and young children.

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New Resources for CCNFSDU 2018

This November, the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) will continue its review of the Follow-Up Formula Standard. The key consideration at this year’s meeting is whether to define both categories of follow-up formula as breastmilk substitutes. In doing so, follow-up formula would fall under the same marketing guidelines as…

Codex Standard for Follow-up Formula: ARCH & SUN SCN Webinar Series

Infant and young child nutrition advocates are invited to participate in a series of webinars to inform and prepare those interested in or attending the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) meeting in Berlin from the 26th to the 30th November 2018. On the agenda of the meeting is the revision…

ARCH Activities During World Breastfeeding Week 2018

Cambodia Hosting an NGO Capacity Building Workshop in Celebration of World Breastfeeding Week 2018 In Cambodia, the National Nutrition Program, Helen Keller International and other Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Alliance members hosted the annual World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) celebration for the 4th year in a row. With current evidence indicating a decline in exclusive…

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Featured Resources

Consumption of commercially produced snack foods and sugar‐sweetened beverages during the complementary feeding period in four African and Asian urban contexts
Cross-sectional survey shows that follow-up formula and growing-up milks are labelled similarly to infant formula in four low and middle income countries
Maternal & Child Nutrition Supplement: Availability, Promotion and Consumption of Commercial Infant Foods
Aggressive promotion and high consumption of commercial snacks in Dakar, Senegal
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