IBFAN-GIFA held a stand with information on breastfeeding, alongside La Leche League Suisse Romande, in the main hall of the university hospital maternity, in Geneva. This was the opportunity to strengthen ties with health professionals and parents, and to...
In October 2013, GIFA provided an orientation on “Breastfeeding, 3 key roles for pharmacists: protection, promotion and support”, to about 40 Geneva-based pharmacists. The response given by pharmacists to breastfeeding mothers facing difficulties is often critical to the successful...
Switzerland is in the process of ratifying the Maternity Protection Convention of the ILO. In order to comply with the Convention, a new text has been proposed to clarify breastfeeding breaks in a new regulation. It is hoped that...
