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Pakistan enacts the Protection of Breastfeeding Child Nutrition Act 2015
On the 9th January 2015, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly unanimously passed “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Act 2015”. This law for one of Pakistan’s four provinces, makes the manufacturers of formula milk bound to seek permission for marketing and sale of their…
January 26, 2015 - Last update: February 10, 2023
On the 9th January 2015, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly unanimously passed “Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Protection of Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Act 2015”. This law for one of Pakistan’s four provinces, makes the manufacturers of formula milk bound to seek permission for marketing and sale of their products and awards penalties to health workers for prescribing bottled or packaged milk and its products to the people.
A press release issued soon after the announcement, by the Secretariat of the civil society alliance for scaling up nutrition in Pakistan (SUN-CSA Pak), termed the legislation a monumental step in the right direction. SUN-CSA Pak calls upon the Federal and Provincial Governments to take necessary steps for implementation of breastfeeding laws by activating Infant Feeding Boards and allocating human and financial resources.
Read the SUN-CSA Pak Press Release
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