Nous promouvons, protégeons et soutenons l’allaitement depuis maintenant 39 ans ce mois- ci ! Bon Anniversaire IBFAN et GIFA ! Qui dit gâteau dit aussi surprise : le calendrier IBFAN 2019 (à partir duquel la photo ci-dessous a été prise) est maintenant...
Despite IBFAN’s November 2017 Call to Action, Meridian Institute (MI) convened the Frankfurt meeting, a step in a process towards the initiative originally called Global Monitoring Mechanism (GMM). In analyzing the information contained in the report from the meeting,...
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Sous le Haut Patronage du Ministre de la Santé du Burkina Faso, IBFAN GIFA et IBFAN Afrique ont coordonné avec succès un cours de formation sur le suivi du Code International de Commercialisation des Substituts du...
Comme chaque année, la Suisse célèbre la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel (SMAM) au mois de septembre. Grâce à l’initiative des consultantes en lactation de la maternité des HUG (Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève), trois actions phares sont organisées durant la...
Breastfeeding – A matter of human rights is the title of a new interesting presentation developed by IBFAN-GIFA, with funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, on this important connection that is too often forgotten. The presentation is...
From May 14 to June 1, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 78th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
The 71st World Health Assembly, 21-26 May 2018, closed its session leaving nutrition advocates with mixed feelings about the finally adopted Resolution on infant and young child feeding. IBFAN attended the WHA71 with a large team, including representatives from...
Ever since public-private partnerships (PPPs) have been hailed as a key policy model, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been promising to upgrade its conflict of interest measures to ensure its mandate is not jeopardized by overly close relationships...
From January 15 to February 2, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 77th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee met delegations from 8 countries in order to evaluate their progress in the...
A very dense agenda characterised the 142nd Session of the Executive Board of WHO, last 22-27 January 2018. IBFAN participated actively in the Session, presenting its concerns to the EB members and to the non-EB Member States delegations. Breastfeeding...