Bottle-feeding legislation in Papua New Guinea.
Research in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere in the developing world has indicted the dangers of bottle feeding infants. Following a failure to obtain the voluntary agreement of shopkeepers to restrict sales of infant-feeding bottles and teats, legislation was passed which placed these items on prescription. In order to obtain a prescription certain conditions have to be satisfied. A follow-up survey which was carried out in Port Moresby two years after the introduction of legislation indicated a significant decline in the extent of bottle feeding.
D000329:Advertising / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D001835:Body Weight; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007229:Infant Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007881:Legislation, Food; D009313:National Health Programs; D009512:New Guinea; D011247:Pregnancy; D055656:Prescriptions