Lancet Series on Breastfeeding - Including the influence of commercial milk formula marketing (launch event)

8 February 2023 12:30 – 13:30 GMT
Russel Square Area, London, UK & Virtual

By WHO, Lancet, Cap2030

Join Richard Horton, Editor in Chief of the Lancet and a panel of experts for a live event at the Royal Society of Medicine, as they unpack a new three-paper Lancet Series which explores how the value of breastfeeding is wasted by government and public health, and exploited by the formula milk industry.  

  • Infant behaviours, feeding practices and multisectoral interventions to support breastfeeding
  • How baby behaviours are misconstrued to undermine breastfeeding, but multi-sectoral interventions protect its health impacts
  • How the formula marketing ‘playbook’ targets parents, health professionals and politicians and undermines the health and rights of children and mothers
  • How power imbalances and political and economic structures determine feeding practices, women’s rights and health outcomes.

Authors call for breastfeeding to be a collective responsibility, that is effectively protected, promoted and supported at all levels.    

Start time: 12:30 UK  // 13.30 CET

End time: 14:00 UK  // 15:00

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Regional launch events

  • The Southeast Asia launch event is online at 10:00 (Bangkok time) / 11:00 (Manila time) on Thursday 9th February. Register here.
  • The South Africa launch event is online at 10:00 - 12:30 (CAT) on Friday 10th February. Register here.
  • The Australasia & Pacific launch event is online at 12.30-2.30pm Canberra / 1.30-3.30pm Suva / 2.30-4.30pm Wellington time on Tuesday 14th February. Register here.
  • The Mexico launch event (held in Spanish) is online at 09:00 - 13:00 (CST) on Tuesday 28th February. Register here.
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