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  • Welcome to GIFA

    Welcome to GIFA

    We work to protect, promote and support breastfeeding since 1979.

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    Breastfeeding and Heatwaves

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    Heatwave alert. In the summer of 2025, Europe is once again hit by severe heatwaves and very hot weather. We regularly receive questions about giving water to breastfed babies. During the first six months of life, breast milk alone is sufficient to hydrate infants, provided that breastfeeding is exclusive and well established, that the child […]

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  • Announcement of our Webinar

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    Webinar “GIFA Breastfeeding Afternoon” on Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 1 PM – 3 PM (online) Title: “The Baby’s Cries” – A source of confusion, questioning, and also concern for parents. How to interpret them and how to manage them? Speakers: The Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82749454129 Obtain e-log points or a certificate of attendance Crying, Sleep, Weight Gain… […]

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  • 78th World Health Assembly

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    26 May 2025, Note for Media, Geneva Countries commit to regulate the digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods  In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) to tackle the digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods.   The […]

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  • The economic benefits of breastfeeding

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    What are the economic benefits in terms of health, both for the State and for families? Breastfeeding offers many financial benefits, both for families and for the state, thanks to its positive effects on health and the reduced costs associated with infant and maternal illnesses. Here’s an analysis of the main financial benefits on our […]

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  • Medication and Breastfeeding – GIFA webinar

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    “GIFA Breastfeeding Afternoon” – Free online training course (in French) Next date: Tuesday 25 March 2025, 1-3pm (online) Title: ‘Medicines and Breastfeeding’ with a focus on Galactogogues Speaker: Claire Girollet, pharmacist Claire Girollet, IBCLC pharmacist Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83186482713Meeting ID: 831 8648 2713 Breastfeeding is often compromised by taking medicines – sometimes wrongly. See our GIFA […]

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Advocacy by IBFAN-GIFA

"The best way to prevent malnutrition and death in infants and young children is to ensure that they are breastfed within an hour of birth, exclusively breastfed (no other liquid food, not even water) until six months of age and continue to be breastfed with other appropriate complementary foods until two years of age or beyond."

 

– Dr. Margaret Chan, ex-Director-General, WHO –

Declaration of July 31, 2009

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GIFA is member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), which has more than 270 groups, present in some 168 countries around the world.

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