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Marketing of breast-milk substitutes:

National implementation of the International Code, status report 2024 WHO/UNICEF/IBFAN
Under Article 11.1 of the Code, governments are urged to “take action to give effect to the principles and aim of this Code, as appropriate to their social and legislative framework, including the adoption of national legislation, regulation or other suitable measures”. The World Health Assembly stressed in resolution WHA34.22 (1981) that adoption of and adherence to the Code is a minimum requirement for all Member States to implement it “in its entirety”.