Conflicts of interest are harming maternal and child health: time for scientific journals to end relationships with manufacturers of breast-milk substitutes

• Tony Waterston,
• Tanya Doherty,
• David Clark,
• Ameena Goga,
• Jeffrey Goldhagen,
• Raul Mercer,
• Max Kroon,
• Lori Lake,
• Catherine Pereira-Kotze,
• Elizabeth C Swart,
• Christiaan Scott,
• Haroon Saloojee,
• Phillip Baker,
• Bill Jeffery,
• Jane Badham,
• Lisanne du Plessis

Affiliations

Tony Waterston

International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Tanya Doherty

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

David Clark

Giovine-Clark Consultancy, Coxsackie, New York, USA

Ameena Goga

HIV Prevention Research Unit, Medical Research Council of South Africa, Tygerberg, South Africa

Jeffrey Goldhagen

International Society for Social Pediatrics and Child Health, Jacksonville, Florida, USA

Raul Mercer

Program of Social Sciences and Health, FLACSO Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Max Kroon

Neonatology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa

Lori Lake

Children`s Institute, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Catherine Pereira-Kotze

School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

Elizabeth C Swart

Dietetics & Nutrition, University of the Western Cape Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, Cape Town, South Africa

Christiaan Scott

Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, Observatory, Western Cape, South Africa

Haroon Saloojee

Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Phillip Baker

Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Geelong, Melbourne, Australia

Bill Jeffery

Centre for Health Science and Law, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Jane Badham

JB Consultancy, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Lisanne du Plessis

Division of Human Nutrition, Stellenbosch University—Tygerberg Campus, Cape Town, South Africa