Accra Daily Mail - Online: "Exclusive breastfeeding affecting sale of baby food
GNA | Posted: Thursday, April 28, 2005
Promotion of exclusive breastfeeding of babies for the first six months in the Ho municipality is affecting sales of infant formulas in the municipality.
Despite the general decline in sales, shops still continue to stock and hang out promotional signs about such infant formulas.
This picture emerged during a Breastfeeding Promotion Regulation Monitoring exercise in health facilities, shops and among lactating mothers in Ho.
Officials of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the media "