In briefCurrent recommendations are to initiate or maintain breastfeeding and, if mother-baby separation is necessary, to give pumped breast milk. En brefLes recommandations actuelles préconisent d’initier ou de maintenir l’allaitement et, si la séparation mère-enfant s’avère nécessaire, de donner...
The La Leche League International Board has issued a media release about Continuing to Nurse Your Baby Through Coronavirus (2019-nCoV; COVID-19) and Other Respiratory Infections.All of our resources about breastfeeding and coronavirus are now collated here: https://www.llli.org/coronavirus-resources/ The media release...
Feb 2020 – Civil society NGOs attending WHO’s Executive Board meeting ahead of the May World Health Assembly are protesting against a new Decision – drafted by WHO and to be debated now – proposing that in an effort...
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) with the support of the Government of Brazil and public universities proudly host the Third World Breastfeeding Conference (3rd WBC) and the First World Complementary Feeding Conference (1st WCFC) together with the...
IBFAN 40 ans !C’est une étape, 40 ans de travail inlassable et souvent invisible car dans les coulisses des institutions, pour protéger, promouvoir et soutenir l’allaitement.IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network), les initiateurs du Code OMS 1981 (Code international de commercialisation des substituts du lait...
On September 16 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) conveyed a special celebratory event “30 years of children’s rights: Where we are and where we want to be” at the Palais des Nations...
From May 13 to May 31, 2019, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 81st Session in Geneva. The committee elected Luis Ernesto Pederna Reyna as the new chairperson, and welcomed four new members: Bragi...
The 72nd World Health Assembly was held between 20-28 May 2019. This year was not a reporting year on Infant and Young Child Feeding, but IBFAN’s four representatives were there to ensure that breastfeeding protection, promotion and support would...
From January 14 to February 1, 2019, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 80th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
The 144th Session of WHO’s Executive Board was held in Geneva from the 24th of January to the 1st of February 2019. A delegation from IBFAN attended the meeting and delivered statements on several agenda items. In fact, even...