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Future of children and mothers in Malaysia

Source: The Breastfeeding Advocates Network - Puan Nor Kamariah Today we (representatives of several breastfeeding support groups in Malaysia) visited the office of the Deputy Minister of Health.  We speak from the heart and because of that got a little emotional.  We spoke about the future of children and mothers in Malaysia. And of the fate that will befall if the behavior of the milk powder industry is not constantly monitored and regulated. From our point of view, the FM industry has consistently violated the existing marketing ethics. So when our groups were called to give our views and ideas about how to strengthen the existing code in the 5th review conference (since it existed in 1979), we were very pleased and welcomed the involvement. But after more than 10 months of meetings and discussions, we felt as if the industry is like a naughty child who was stretching his luck finding opportunity to bend the rules, and to even try opening the ‘door’ wider for t