Clarification on sponsorship of health professional and scientific meetings by companies that market foods for infants and young children: information note

Overview

This information note provides clarification of terms used in the WHO Guidance on Ending the Inappropriate Promotion of Foods for Infants and Young Children. This Guidance recommends that “companies that market foods for infants and young children should not … sponsor meetings of health professionals and scientific meetings” and that “health workers, health systems, health professional associations and nongovernmental organizations should not “allow such companies to sponsor meetings of health professionals and scientific meetings.