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This may endanger lives and undermine the efforts of national policies in achieving the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals. We examined the use of, and factors for use, of all available breast-milk substitutes (BMS) in a country with a traditionally high rate of breastfeeding.
This guidance confirms that UNICEF can act as the provider of first resort for Breastmilk Substitute where procurement is warranted as part of an overall humanitarian response that supports optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding.
Breast-milk substitutes should be available when needed, but not be promoted. Implementation of the Code is the responsibility of governments, who can adopt legislation, regulations or measures such as national policies.
unicef.org DownloadKey considerations: Breast-milk Substitutes and relevant World Health Assembly resolutions d international guidance. Discourage the donation of breastmilk substitutes or feeding equipment. Establish safe spaces for feeding and responsive care and promote linkages with child protection.
Carbon footprint of the production of 1 kg packaged breastmilk substitute (BMS) at the factory gate (CFP Prod). The footprint is expressed in kg CO 2 equivalents (GWP 100) and uncertainties in the estimates are expressed as ±the standard deviation of the Monte Carlo simulation results.
Though a small part of our business, our portfolio of BMS products can play a crucial role in providing support to families when a baby requires a safe alternative to breast-milk to receive essential energy and nutrients.
In order to help ensure that all infants and young children worldwide are optimally breastfed and eat a healthy diet, eight civil society organizations and United Nations (UN) agencies call on all manufacturers of breastmilk substitutes (BMS) to take a series of steps to achieve Code compliance.
Given that millions of babies worldwide are fed baby formula, the market for breast milk substitutes has grown to be a vital and vibrant sector of the food and beverage industry.
The best substitute for breast milk is infant formula, an industrially developed substitute for infants that attempts to mimic the nutritional composition of breastmilk as closely as possible and is based on cow’s milk or soy milk.
Ready-to-use breast milk substitutes come in a pre-mixed liquid form that does not require any preparation or dilution. It offers various types of substitutes, including milk-based formula, soy-based formula, hypoallergenic formula, and others, and is used for below 6 months and 6-23 months of age.