‘Just a sweet drink’ - it is time to eliminate unethical and exploitative marketing of infant formulas and toddler drinks. ⁦AMA President⁩ ⁦Public Health Australia⁩ ⁦ABA⁩ The Sydney Morning Herald ⁦ACCC⁩ ⁦WBTiAUS⁩ Australian Department of Health and Aged Care⁩ smh.com.au/politics/feder…

Why does Australia not collect appropriate national-level data on how babies are fed? I keep seeing global data with Australia notably absent! ☹️😖 Australian Department of Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney World Health Organization (WHO) IBFAN who.int/publications/m…

#BFHI accreditation can be beneficial in decreasing formula use. State monitoring and dissemination of breastfeeding data is essential. Dr Jen Hocking @ShahlaMeedya Elaine Burns sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

WBTiAUS Australian Department of Health and Aged Care Ged Kearney World Health Organization (WHO) IBFAN Carol Bartle Dr Arun Gupta MD (Pediatrics-1976) FIAP Public Health Australia ABA LCANZ UNICEF Australia New Zealand College of Midwives ACM No #breastfeeding data in high income countries is to hide from public that formula has displaced BF so much it is nearly extinct in UK & similar places: all babies fed formula by 6 mo & many (30%+ in Oz) within days of birth. Health system fail! #mothersmilktool shows the loss.

World Breastfeeding Week starts tomorrow and #Brisbane is getting in on the act. Well done LCANZ Qld members for making this happen! #WBW2024 #ClosingTheGap #breastfeeding WABA WBTiAUS ABA

World Breastfeeding Week starts tomorrow and will focus on survival, health and wellbeing. Showcasing the need to improve #breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities in society, especially during times of emergency and crises. #WBW2024 #ClosingTheGap #BreastfeedingSupportforAll

Welcome to the newly formed WBTi_NZ team! We are super excited to be working alongside you to advocate for effective policies and programs to protect and support breastfeeding. NZ World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative IBFAN

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NZ has opted out of an infant formula standard – the evidence says that’s a backward step theconversation.com/nz-has-opted-o… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand NZ World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative WBTiAUS ABA

Proud to share our findings from the Babies and Young Children in the Black Summer (BiBS) on motherhood as an intersectional status in disasters with Michelle Hamrosi at the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Conference. ABA

ABA Bushfire Project team in action sharing our resources at the AIDR conference in Sydney.