WBTiAUS

Twitter account for the Core group of the Australian World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative

[naomi.hull.bsky.social @n_hull22]

Do Aust'n health professionals receive guidance from their prof associations wrt their obligations under the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes? In 2021, the ACCC determined that they do, so we set out to find out for sure.
https://t.co/wkViWb0A13

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

New blog series - WBTi Indicators in detail. The first one is ready, written by Libby Salmon - Indicator One - National Policy, Governance, Funding.
https://t.co/HdvJg2OMiY
@ibfanglobal @IBFAN_GIFA @WBTi_NZ @wbtiuk @healthgovau @JuliePSmith1 @OzBreastfeeding @LCANZLactation

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

@n_hull22 @PhilBakerNZ @AnushaBradley @MoniqueBoatwri2 @JuliePSmith1 @sydFMH_EMCR @CPC_usyd @WFPHA_FMASP @PHAA_Women @OzBreastfeeding @LCANZLactation @WBTi_NZ

[naomi.hull.bsky.social @n_hull22]

🧵1/3 New paper! Profits Before Health? New Zealand Government Rejection of Stricter Infant Formula Marketing Standards and the Lobbying Behind It. Read it here ➡️ https://t.co/iwWVjIeJer

[Karleen Gribble @DrKarleenG]

1/ With floodwater receding in the Hunter and the Mid-North Coast of NSW, pregnant women and mothers with babies and toddlers need recovery supports that take account of their special needs. If you are in these regions, please share the ABA disaster resources.

[Roger Mathisen @MathisenRoger]

WEBINAR: Tooling up the baby friendly hospital initiative – maternity care for gender justice and health of humans and planet.

Monday, 5 May 2025.
Zoom online webinar.

@ANUCrawford @JuliePSmith1 #BFHI #ClimateAction #Gender #GreenFeedingTool

https://t.co/AzDsOw6312

[Anusha Bradley @AnushaBradley]

NZ formula firms opposed WHO guidelines for online advertising https://t.co/cRme8DVFHV

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

Show your support here https://t.co/kUqtjm74Lz

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

Would you like to show your support for our Call For action? https://t.co/ynR9ynsNtF…
You can sign on here (also at the end of the Call For Action) link in reply.

[naomi.hull.bsky.social @n_hull22]

Disappointing to see a Nurse ‘free’ Prof Devt module on ‘Mixed Feeding’ sponsored by #Nutricia. With enrollment details being provided to sponsor and course materials being provided by sponsor. #haloeffect

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

Federal Election Call For Action - WBTiAUS team call on the next Aust'n gov to seize the opportunity for change - fully implement The Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and all subsequent WHA resolutions in the next term of parliament.
https://t.co/ynR9ynsNtF

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

Incredible expose showing the way Big Formula lobbies governments to prevent regulations that may harm their bottom line - prioritising money over the health of infants and babies. @WBTi_NZ @IBFAN_GIFA https://t.co/CSLMMtd11q

[NZ World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative @WBTi_NZ]

The inside story from Anusha Bradley. "New baby formula standards were designed to prioritise infant nutrition & take the pressure off parents. But for formula companies, profits were at stake. And that's when the lobbying kicked in." https://t.co/1xk64OAPZ7

[First Steps Nutrition Trust @1stepsnutrition]

❓🤑The million dollar question: ‘How bad do things have to get in the baby food aisle before the government finally decides to protect infants – and parents – from this flood of oversweetened and highly processed food and drinks?’

[Karleen Gribble @DrKarleenG]

The second paper from the BiBS Study is online in the @RACGP journal on general practitioner support for pregnant women, new mothers and infants and young children before, during and after disasters. https://t.co/JQ5y58O3Qc

[Julie P Smith @JuliePSmith1]

ACCC set to decline infant formula marketing ban request https://t.co/ewK8eqaMOV

[NZ World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative @WBTi_NZ]

Australia: "The ACCC is proposing to deny the authorisation sought by the Infant Nutrition Council for an industry code which seeks to restrict the advertising & promotion of infant formula." https://t.co/0uahYE5MEQ

[WBTiAUS @WBTi_AUS]

Such an important step forward. Time to rethink the existing paradigm of formula marketing regulation and the protection of breastfeeding in Australia.

[naomi.hull.bsky.social @n_hull22]

1/2 The @acccgovau has listened to public health orgs and #breastfeeding advocates in #Australia and is proposing not to reauthorise the ineffective MAIF Agreement when it expires this year. https://t.co/VUNQrPkE6W @WBTi_AUS @OzBreastfeeding @_PHAA_ @FHAllianceAU @JuliePSmith1

[Karleen Gribble @DrKarleenG]

Proud to share our findings from the Babies and Young Children in the Black Summer (BiBS) on motherhood as an intersectional status in disasters with @MHamrosi at the Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience Conference. @OzBreastfeeding

[Karleen Gribble @DrKarleenG]

@OzBreastfeeding Bushfire Project team in action sharing our resources at the @AIDR_News conference in Sydney.