Congratulations to the ALOHA!Congratulations to the ALOHA!
he Association
of Local Official Health Agencies (Ontario), that represents provincial
boards of health and public health units, medical and associate
medical officers of health recently passed Resolution No. A95-14,
Violation of the World Health Organization (WHO) International
Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes. Sponsored by
the Borough of East York Board of Health, the resolution passed
that:
ALOHA advocate with the manufacturers and distributors of breastmilk substitutes, on behalf of mothers and infants, for adherence to the WHO International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes;
ALOHA request that the federal Minister of Health to investigate these violations and pass legislation that is supportive of the WHO Code and its enforcement