Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / Sami Shubber -- Foreword / R. Y. Jennings -- Preface / Sami Shubber -- Abbreviations / Sami Shubber -- Introduction / Sami Shubber -- Chapter I The Historical Development of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter II The Final Phase of the Preparation of the International Code (January–May 1981) / Sami Shubber -- Chapter III The Aim of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter IV The Material Scope of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter V Definitions of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter VI Information and Education Under the Regime of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter VII Advertising and Promotion of Products Coveredby the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter VIII The Position of the Health Care System under the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter IX The Position of the Health Workers Under the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter X Company Employees / Sami Shubber -- Chapter XI Labelling / Sami Shubber -- Chapter XII Quality of Food Products Covered by the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter XIII Implementation of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter XIV The Monitoring of the International Code / Sami Shubber -- Chapter XV Conclusions / Sami Shubber -- Back Matter -- 1 International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes / Sami Shubber -- 2 Relevant Resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board / Sami Shubber -- Bibliography / Sami Shubber -- Articles and Documents / Sami Shubber -- Index / Sami Shubber.

The International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is the first original legal instrument of its kind adopted by the World Health Organization, in cooperation with UNICEF. The International Code, for the first time at the international plane, deals with a health issue that is of considerable importance to any society, namely, the healthy growth and development of infants. This volume is a thorough analysis of the provisions of the international code, and gives a detailed account of its history. The aim of the International Code and its material scope and definitions and certain known marketing practices to promote the use of breast-milk substitutes are described, as well as its implementation and the question of whether or not Member States of WHO are under a legal obligation to implement it. Modes of implementation are addressed, as is the monitoring of the International Code by States, individually and collectively, as well as self-monitoring by the infant-food industry, and the role of NGOs, institutions and individuals in the process. An appendix, containing the text of the International Code, and the relevant resolutions of the World Health Assembly and the Executive Board of WHO, a bibliography and a detailed index conclude the volume.

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