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. In the USA, early nutrition is compromised in the first two years...
In brief: Current recommendations are to initiate or maintain breastfeeding and, if mother-baby separation is necessary, to give pumped breast milk. Immunologic properties transfered to baby through breastfeeding alpha-Lactalbumin (variant) alpha-lactoglobulin alpha2-macroglobulin (like) ß-defensin-1 Bifidobacterium bifidum Carbohydrate Casein CCL28...
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 of LLLI resources about breastfeeding and coronavirus are now collated here: https://www.llli.org/coronavirus-resources/ The media...
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...
IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) 40 years old! It’s a milestone, 40 years of tireless and often invisible work behind the scenes of institutions to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. IBFAN is the initiators of the 1981 WHO...
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...
On November 16, 2018, IBFAN Italy organized a conference to officially present the 2018 report on the violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes in Italy: Il Codice Violato (BTR report Italy). Speakers represented IBFAN Italy,...
The 79th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child was held in Geneva on September 24, 2018. In preparation for this meeting, IBFAN GIFA submitted a summary document to the committee members based on the latest 2015 WBTi report for Niger,...
From September 17 to October 5, 2018, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 79th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in...
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. Under the High Patronage of the Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, IBFAN GIFA and IBFAN Africa successfully coordinated a training course on monitoring the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes from September 24 to...
As every year, Switzerland celebrates the World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) in September 2018. Many events take place all over the country. GIFA contributed to the event in Geneva during this week. Thanks to an initiative of the midwives at...
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...
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...
The global recall of Lactalis formula has now reached 83 countries. Nobody could have imagined such a massive impact.. nobody at the French government at least, considering how long it took them to take a decision on the global recall....
In the first week of December 2017, breastfeeding advocates from 8 countries participated in the third round of trainings on the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) and World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative, organised by BPNI/IBFAN Asia. The group met in...
On November 22-23, 2017, a Special Session of WHO’s Executive Board took place in Geneva, after the closing of the open consultations on the draft Concept Note and draft thirteen General Programme of Work, setting WHO’s targets and priorities...
Villeneuve d’Ascq, France, 17 November 2017. CoFAM (Coordination française pour l’allaitement maternel) organised a Conference on the occasion of the French National Breastfeeding Day – la Journée Nationale de l’Allaitement 2017. GIFA was invited to give a comprehensive presentation...
The Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group has recently finalised the 3rd version of the Operational Guide for Emergency Relief Personnel and Programme Managers, updated in October 2017. IBFAN is a member of the IFE Core Group and...
A few years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) turned its attention towards infant and young child feeding, a badly underfunded and neglected area of public health and nutrition. As traditional government donors pay little attention to...
From September 11 to 29, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee) held its 76th Session in Geneva. The CRC Committee reviewed the progress of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the...
On October 19, 2017 the launch of the 10th anniversary issue of the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch took place at Palais des Nations, in Geneva. Coordinated by FIAN International, co-organized by IBFAN and other CSOs and social...
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