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A major health conference in Scotland was cancelled last week following complaints about it being sponsored by a controversial multinational company.
Organiser P3 Media axed the event after senior NHS figures urged a boycott over the presence of Nestlé, whose promotion of baby milk products over breast milk in the developing world has been the subject of decades of controversy.
Campaigners have claimed Switzerland-based Nestlé tactics contributed to health problems and infant mortality among the world's poorest children.
The Building A Healthier, Fairer Scotland conference was scheduled to take place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh last Tuesday.
Sixteen renowned speakers, including NHS directors and charity chief executives, were to address delegates on issues spanning obesity, tobacco control, hepatitis C and child nutrition.
However, divisions emerged after it emerged that Nestlé was the event's "gold" sponsor.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/conference-is-axed-in-nestle-sponsor-furore.24376150
Organiser P3 Media axed the event after senior NHS figures urged a boycott over the presence of Nestlé, whose promotion of baby milk products over breast milk in the developing world has been the subject of decades of controversy.
Campaigners have claimed Switzerland-based Nestlé tactics contributed to health problems and infant mortality among the world's poorest children.
The Building A Healthier, Fairer Scotland conference was scheduled to take place at Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh last Tuesday.
Sixteen renowned speakers, including NHS directors and charity chief executives, were to address delegates on issues spanning obesity, tobacco control, hepatitis C and child nutrition.
However, divisions emerged after it emerged that Nestlé was the event's "gold" sponsor.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/health/conference-is-axed-in-nestle-sponsor-furore.24376150