Legislation and policies to support maternal and child nutrition

Part 1 lists provisions enacted to support mothers in the workforce, including maternity leave policy, salary during leave, provisions for nurseries/creches, nursing breaks, and other considerations. Part 2 contains brief descriptions of nongovernmental and governmental policies that promote breastfeeding and support maternal and child nutrition. Part 3 documents steps taken at the national level to legislate the WHO/UNICEF International Code of Marketing of Breast milk Substitutes. The most noticeable trend in activities to implement the WHO/UNICEF Code has been the number of countries that either have appointed committees to study the Code or have had government committees study the Code and draw up national codes that are pending before national legislatures. However, in some cases, governments have delayed action when the opportunity for lawmaking arrived. The report includes a 25-page bibliography and a chart highlighting legislation and programs.