Other Resources
MoH - Breastfeeding: A Guide to Action
The link below will take you to the Ministry of Health page containing the PDF files of the document Breastfeeding: A Guide to Action.
This
document sets out the Ministry of Health's plan of action for improving
the initiation and maintenance of breastfeeding throughout New Zealand.
Link: Breastfeeding: A Guide to Action
International Code on Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
The aim of the International Code on Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes is to contribute to the provision of safe and adequate
nutrition for infants, by the protection and promotion of
breastfeeding, and by ensuring the proper use of breastmilk
substitutes, when these are necessary, on the basis of adequate
information and through apporpriate marketing and distribution.
Link: International Code on Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes
Guidelines for New Zealand Health Workers
The purpose of the
document "Guidelines for New Zealand Health Workers" and of the World
Health Organisation's International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk
Substitutes (WHO Code), is to protect the nutritional wellbeing of
infants.
Link: Guidelines for New Zealand Health Workers
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