1. The full text is reprinted in Protecting Infant Health. Penang: IOCU/IBFAN, 1985; see also The International Code, in Breast is Best: From Policy to Practice. Geneva, London, and Minneapolis: IBFAN, 1982
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2. In urban Brazil, formula supplements to breastfeeding babies more than quadrupled the risk of death from diarrhoea in the first year of life. Replacement of breastmilk by formula during the first two months led to risk of fatal diarrhoea 23 times that for the exclusively breastfed infant. See Victora C: Evidence for protection by breastfeeding against infant deaths from infectious diseases. Lancet2(8554):319-322, 1987
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3. Resolution of WHA 27, May 1974
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4. “History of the Campaign” poster, Breast is Best
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5. WHA Resolutions 34.22 and 35.26, 1981 and 1982
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6. Dr. F. Oldfield, Representative of The Gambia, WHO Executive Board1981
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7. A. Nilsen, Minister of Health and Social Affairs, Norway, WHA1981
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8. WHA Resolution 39.28, 1986
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9. Direct Mail and Mail Order Handbook, 1981, quoted in “A Dangerous Trend”, Breast is Best.
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10. Salmon CL, Clement D, Eds: Still breaking the rules. Minneapolis: Action for Corporate Accountability/IBFAN, 1988
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11. Alsen S: National Board of Health and Welfare, Sweden, WHA, 1981
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12. Allain A: quoting Action for Corporate Accountability in an unpublished IOCU presentation to WHA Committee, 1988
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13. State of the Code by Country, 1988. Penang: IOCU/CDC, 1988
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14. Personal communication, INFACT Canada, 1988
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15. State legislation is, however, a possibility in the United States.
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16. UNICEF: State of the World's Children 1988. United Nations International Children's Education Fund: New York, 1988
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17. These standards are given by the International Codex Alimentarius Commission, which is not the same as the International Code of Marketing. Products in full compliance with the former are often marketed in violation of the latter.
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18. State of the Code by Company, 1988. Penang: IOCU/CDC, 1988
