Generating political priority for breastfeeding and the adoption of Kenya's 2012 BMS act : the importance of women's leadership

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00009114
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-9114-8

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Wamahiu, Maryanne ; Baker, Phillip ; Dorlach, Tim:
Generating political priority for breastfeeding and the adoption of Kenya's 2012 BMS act : the importance of women's leadership.
In: Globalization and Health. Vol. 21 (2025) . - 32.
ISSN 1744-8603
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-025-01127-2

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Project title:	Project's official title Project's id EXC 2052: Africa Multiple: Reconfiguring African Studies 390713894 Open Access Publizieren No information
Project financing:	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Abstract

The World Health Organization recommends initiating breastfeeding in the first hour of life, exclusive breastfeeding for six months, and continued breastfeeding for at least two years. Aggressive marketing of breast milk substitutes (BMS) undermines breastfeeding and is linked to adverse child and maternal health outcomes. This is particularly problematic in the Global South, where socioeconomic conditions often amplify the risks associated with BMS. The adoption of national BMS legislation in line with the 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes is therefore crucial but difficult due to strong opposition from the transnational formula milk industry. Breastfeeding advocates in Kenya were able to overcome this powerful opposition when the country adopted a strict BMS Act in 2012, which has since facilitated and protected remarkable improvements in breastfeeding rates. We conduct a qualitative case study to identify the political enablers of the successful adoption of this important law.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
DDC Subjects:	600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 610 Medicine and health
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy - Juniorprof. Tim Dorlach Ph.D. Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten Graduate Schools > BIGSAS Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Life Sciences: Food, Nutrition and Health > Junior Professor Global Nutrition and Health Policy Research Institutions Research Institutions > Collaborative Research Centers, Research Unit Graduate Schools
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-9114-8
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2026 06:53
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2026 06:54
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/9114

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