A meeting of National Alliance for Promotion and Protection of Breastfeeding was organized on Thursday, 28th July 2011
The National Alliance on Protection and Promotion of Breastfeeding and Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDDs) Control has urged the government to initiate the legislative process on passage of the Iodine Deficiency Control Bill in the Parliament and to institute necessary actions for enforcement of the Protection of Breastfeeding Law in its true spirit. In a recent meeting held at its secretariat TheNetwork office, the alliance strategised a campaign for enforcement of the Protection of Breastfeeding Law 2009 and urged the government to table the IDD Control Bill before the Parliament without further loss of time.
The
Union World Conference on Lung Health is the largest annual conference
focusing on lung health issues as they affect low- and middle-income
countries. (For more details, www.worldlunghealth.org).
TheNetwork has launched a campaign on comprehensive ban on Tobacco Advertising, Promotion and Sponsorship and Point Of Sale advertising in ten districts of Punjab.