The Nepal Health Research Council held the Third National Summit of Health and Population Scientists in Nepal on April 10-12 2017. The ARCH Nepal team presented an abstract and poster on the effectiveness of lactation management training for health workers in Kathmandu Valley. This training program was developed in response to our previously published research which found…
This training manual aims to strengthen the lactation management skills of health workers in Nepal. ARCH’s research, conducted in collaboration with the Child Health Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population, informed the manual. Suggested citation: Helen Keller International. (2015) Lactation Management in Early Postpartum 3-Day Training Manual. Helen Keller International, Kathmandu,…
Background In 2005, the Cambodian government adopted many provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes as national policy. This Sub-Decree on Marketing of Products for Infant and Young Child Feeding (Sub-Decree 133) supports breastfeeding by restricting the promotion of breast-milk substitutes marketed for children less than 2 years of age, unless approved…
The Global Breastfeeding Collective published a compendium of case studies that provide current, real-world examples of how countries, programs, and initiatives have successfully improved access to skilled breastfeeding counselling. Each case study addresses one of the Collective’s calls to action and provides practical guidance and lessons learned to help others replicate their success. Since 2013,…
This article was published in the Maternal & Child Nutrition Supplement: Marketing and Consumption of Commercial Foods Fed to Young Children in Low and Middle‐income Countries. Access abstract in Khmer and French. Abstract: Globally, monitoring and enforcement mechanisms for the World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing of Breast‐milk Substitutes are often lacking. The Cambodian…
The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has developed a series of valuable policy guides intended to serve as roadmaps for government and civil society nutrition champions on how to build coalitions to advocate for, draft, pass, and eventually enforce regulations to protect consumers from commercial foods and beverages that have no place on a healthy…
The World Health Organization’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes sets out restrictions on the marketing of infant formula and other products which replace mothers’ milk. The ARCH Project supports countries’ efforts to enforce and monitor the BMS Code at the national level. We have compiled our published resources on the BMS Code below…
How countries can support breastfeeding by adopting new global guidance Laws that protect against the inappropriate marketing of food products that compete with breastfeeding help mothers and caregivers make the best possible feeding choices for their children. The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant resolutions were established to accomplish this by…
This article was published in the Maternal & Child Nutrition Supplement: Availability, Promotion and Consumption of Commercial Infant Foods. Abstract: This study assessed the promotion of commercially produced foods and consumption of these products by children less than 24 months of age in Dakar Department, Senegal. Interviews with 293 mothers of children attending child health…
This report describes findings from ARCH’s cross-sectional study that assessed the labels of commercially produced complementary foods sold in the most populous metropolitan areas of Cambodia (Phnom Penh), Nepal (Kathmandu Valley), Senegal (Dakar), and Tanzania (Dar es Salaam) to assess their support of optimal infant and young child feeding practices as recommended by current best…
