Naomi,

I am interested in this theme because I am one of the coordinators for MAMI
- Movimento Allattamento Materno Italiano (Italian Breastfeeding Movement).
 Here in Italy, nothing much has happened, even though the Inocenti
Declaration was signed right here in Florence!  Here are some articles that
might be of interest:


Periodical      Author  Title   Year    Vol & num       Pag.
Baby Milk Action                Why the UK baby milk law must be changed        1997-12
Baby Milk Action                European breastfeeding rates    1996?
Baby milk Action Update         Over 8000 Baby Friendly hospitals       1997;20:8
BMJ     Taylor A        Violation of the international code of marketing of breastmilk
substitutes: Prevalence in four countries       1998-4-11;316:1117-22
Br J Midwifery  Lang S; Dykes F Education. WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly
Initiative -- educating for success... the first of a two part series
1998;6(3):148-50
Breastfeed Rev  Minchin M; Minogue C; Meehan M; McDonnell G; Shaw S; Donohue
L; Campbell N; Watkins A        Expanding the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative (BFHI): eleven steps to optimal infant feeding in a paediatric
unit    1996;4(2):87-8
J Aust Coll Midwives    Fletcher DM     Achieving Baby Friendly Through a Quality
management Approach     1997-9;10(3):21-26
J SOGC  Chalmers B      Implementing the WHO/UNICEF Baby Friendly Hospital
Initiative      1998-3;20(3):271-9
UNICEF Annual Report            Hospitals Go Baby Friendly (Poland)     1997;n:35
WHO             The Baby-friendly hospital initiative   1996
Wkly Epidemiol Rec      WHO     The prevalence and duration of bf. Updated info
1980-1989       1989-10;42 (pt):321-24
Wkly Epidemiol Rec              Nutrition. The Innocenti Declaration: monitoring
implementation in Europe. Part III      1998 May 8;73(19):139-44
Wkly Epidemiol Rec      WHO     Nutrition. The Innocenti Declaration: Progress and
Achievements    1998-1;73(5):   25-30


Another place to look would be the UNICEF gopher pages where they have all
the issues of the BFHI News.  The address is:

gopher://gopher.unicef.org:70/11/.s2pubdocs

UNICEF has also published an update on the BFHI called "1997 Progress
Report: Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative" which can be requested form your
local UNICEF office or from New York or Geneva.

Another good resource is Baby Milk Action:   http://www.gn.apc.org/babymilk/
They have published a list of Code implementation by country that you can
order from them. They also have copies of "Cracking the Code" available.

Good luck and let me know what you find out.

Elise

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Elise M. Chapin
Lungarno della Zecca Vecchia, 22
50122 Firenze, Italy
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