Nestle defends branding babies

I wrote last week of the new global baby food marketing monitoring report from the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). The UK l...

Breastfeeding Manifesto tops

Baby Milk Action took pre-orders for these tops on behalf of the Breastfeeding Manifesto Coalition - we are a member. These have now all bee...

Politicians listening in Gambia

While health workers and campaigners in the UK are trying to get the Secretary for State for Health to take notice of recommendations for pr...

Minister doesn't listen to the question and gives wrong answers

As I wrote earlier in the week the UK Secretary of State for Health invited people to put questions to him in a live webchat, which took pl...

Spotlight on rule breakers in Indonesia on Al Jazeera

Here is a recent news report that has just come to my attention, from Al Jazeera about the aggressive marketing of baby formula, with a focu...

UK Minister to answer your questions

I wrote yesterday about efforts by the UK government to consult experts and the public on matters of policy. On Thursday the Secretary of St...

eDemocracy in action in the UK - or perhaps not

A while ago I signed a petition on the Number 10 website. This is a great system that has been introduced by the government in the UK, where...