Powdered formulas are not sterile and can contain harmful pathogens (read more). The 2007 WHO Guidelines for the safe preparation, storage and handling of powdered infant formula recommend a decontamination step which consists in mixing the formula powder with...
On the 10th of December 2013, the Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, launched the World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative (WBCi) Report “The Need to Invest in Babies” by IBFAN. The Report calls upon governments...
We submitted alternative reports on the situation of breastfeeding in China, Kuwait, Lithuania and Luxembourg to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), prepared in collaboration with IBFAN groups in the countries. These countries were reviewed by the CRC Committee in September 2013 (session...
In October 2013, the World Health Organisation (WHO) organized an informal consultation on a framework for engagement with non-state actors. IBFAN-GIFA represented IBFAN at this meeting and together with the Democratising Global Health (DGH) coalition of NGOs, we issued...
