We use cookies to improve your experience. By your continued use of this site you accept such use.
WHO Regional Office for Africa
Source: WHO Regional Office for Africa |

More African countries fight unethical marketing of breast-milk substitutes

Over the past two years, six African countries have adopted or reinforced measures against inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes

A growing number of African countries are fighting back against the unethical marketing of breast-milk substitutes by tightening laws to protect the health of mothers and children from misleading marketing practices, the 2022 report on the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes finds. Over the past two years, six…

WHO Regional Office for Africa

  • Multimedia content

  • Images (1)
    • The Honorable Minister and the WHO Representative, 4th and 5th from left in front of Balaka District Hospital
  • All (1)
Source: WHO Regional Office for Africa |

WHO Malawi Donates Industrial Electric Cooking Pots and ICT Equipment to Balaka District Hospital

The Deputy Minister of Health Honorable Chrissy Kalamula Kanyasho received the donation from WHO Representative for Malawi

The World Health Organization (WHO) Malawi Country Office has handed over industrial electric cooking pots worthy over US$20 000 to Balaka District Hospital. The donation has been made following the fire that gutted the hospital’s kitchen, laundry and administration blocks in July 2020. WHO made the donation as part of its commitment to…