Texte français ci-dessous. In a USA Citizen’s Petition filed today, children’s health advocates are ramping up pressure on FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to curb the rapidly growing sales of so-called ‘transition formulas’ or ‘toddler milks,’ which they say...
Texte français ci-dessous. Medical education in breastfeeding remains inadequate despite previous efforts to address the gaps. Additionally, physicians desire more training in breastfeeding, especially clinical skills training, to improve provider confidence and competence, according to a landscape analysis in Breastfeeding...
English text below Le 27 mai 2020, le Rapport State of the Code 2020 compilé par OMS, UNICEF et IBFAN conjointement, a été publié. Lors du wébinaire de lancement, les responsables ont soulignée : CITATION La pandémie COVID-19 met...
Texte français ci-dessous. Are our babies off to a healthy start? Shocking gaps in emergency preparedness for Europe’s babies, new WBTi World Breastfeeding Trends initiative report highlights. The Covid 19 pandemic has shown how important it is for countries...
2020 Status Report on the National Implementation of the Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) launched the 2020 Status Report that highlights which countries have implemented measures required by the International...
A recent study by Hacer Tanrikulu et al. (2020) reveals the impact of marketing practices of the breastmilk substitutes industry on public health policy in the USA. (texte en français voir plus bas) In the USA, early nutrition is...
In brief: Current recommendations are to initiate or maintain breastfeeding and, if mother-baby separation is necessary, to give pumped breast milk. En bref: Les recommandations actuelles préconisent d’initier ou de maintenir l’allaitement et, si la séparation mère-enfant s’avère nécessaire,...
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...