SWAKOPMUND – Day two of the SADC Capacity Building Training on the International Code of Marketing for Breast Milk Substitutes (BMS) concluded with focus on marketing prohibitions, digital advertising regulations and protecting public health policies from industry influence.
Participants examined violations such as misleading health claims on packaging and weak product labelling laws. Group sessions also reviewed gaps in national legislation and discussed strategies to restrict aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes.
Eswatini’s delegation met with international facilitators who pledged technical support for the country’s plans to strengthen its own national Code.
The training, held in Swakopmund, Namibia, brought together officials from the Ministry of Health, the Eswatini National Nutrition Council, World Vision Eswatini and Unicef Eswatini.
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