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Launch of the 2023 Lancet Series on Breastfeeding, including the influence of commercial milk formula marketing

February 8 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Royal Society of Medicine

Join Richard Horton, Editor in Chief of the Lancet and a panel of experts for a live event at the Royal Society of Medicine, as they unpack a new three-paper Lancet Series which explores how the value of breastfeeding is wasted by government and public health, and exploited by the formula milk industry.

  • Infant behaviours, feeding practices and multisectoral interventions to support breastfeeding
  • How baby behaviours are misconstrued to undermine breastfeeding, but multi-sectoral interventions protect its health impacts
  • How the formula marketing ‘playbook’ targets parents, health professionals and politicians and undermines the health and rights of children and mothers
  • How power imbalances and political and economic structures determine feeding practices, women’s rights and health outcomes.

Authors call for breastfeeding to be a collective responsibility, that is effectively protected, promoted and supported at all levels.

Start time: 12:30 UK  // 13.30 CET

End time: 14:00 UK  // 15:00

How to join 

You can join the event, which is co-hosted by the World Health Organization, The Lancet, and Children in All Policies, in person at The Royal Society of Medicine – London, United Kingdom. A limited number of tickets are available and can be accessed here.

You will also be able to follow our livestream on this page.

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Agenda

Moderator: Kathriona Deveraux, award winning reporter, presenter, and broadcaster

Welcome

  • Ms Kathriona Deveraux, Moderator

The Lancet

  • Mr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

Series highlights and overview

  • Professor Nigel Rollins, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Ageing, WHO
  • Professor David McCoy, International Institute for Global Health, United Nations University

Panel discussion with Q&A

  • Professor Helen L. Ball, Durham University
  • Dr Guddi Singh, Paediatric doctor, health campaigner and TV broadcaster
  • Mrs Alison Thewliss, Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central
  • Ms Katie Gilbert, Managing Director M&C Saatchi World Service

Closing remarks

  • Professor Anthony Costello, Institute for Child Health
  • Mr Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet 
Date:
February 8
Time:
12:30 pm - 2:30 pm
The Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine
London, London W1G 0AE United Kingdom

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