Mozambique’s National Code of Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes was enacted in October 2007 but there is a lack of awareness among the public and key stakeholders about the content and interpretation of the law.

IBFAN Africa therefore provided technical support and funding for a training-of-trainers of the National Code in conjunction with Mozambique’s Ministry of Health and IBFAN Mozambique Network.

Thirty participants attended the course which aimed to build capacity for implementation and monitoring of the National Code. Participants also undertook practical monitoring exercises and found several violations, mainly on labeling and point-of-sale advertising.

Posted by ibfanafrica on 13 May 2008 | Tagged as: Mozambique

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Seven local NGO including; AMODEFA (Family Mozambican Association); ANEMO (National Association of the Mozambican Nurses); ANSA (Food Security and Nutrition Association); COMUTRA (Committee of Working Women); HOCOSIDA (Man against AIDS); MULEIDE (Women, Law and Development) and REENCONTRO (Care of orphans and children under unfavourable conditions, as well as youth), gathered on 6th and 7th of December, to discuss their needs and ways to increase the visibility of IBFAN in the country.

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Posted by ibfanafrica on 05 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Capacity Building, Mozambique

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Read the reports from Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa and Swaziland
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Posted by ibfanafrica on 07 Sep 2006 | Tagged as: Cameroon, Kenya, Lesotho, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, World Breastfeeding Week

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