GIFA “Après-midi allaitement”, Tuesday 3 mars 2026, 12 – 2pm (online) – new time – with Dr Hélène Leyder, pediatrician. A baby’s weight gain is a good indicator of the child’s growth and of successful breastfeeding. However, it is also an...
Pink October is an opportunity to highlight the importance of prevention and solidarity with all women affected by breast cancer. Raising awareness also means providing information about protective factors that can help reduce the risk of developing this disease....
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is celebrated in Switzerland in September. This year’s theme is ‘Prioritising breastfeeding: creating sustainable support systems’. World Breastfeeding Week is once again focusing on the environment and climate change. The campaign highlights the importance of...
Tuesday 26 November 2024, 1-3pm. GIFA Breastfeeding afternoon: Breastfeeding and complimentary feeding (online training) in FRENCH Dr Hélène Leyder, paediatrician Participate in the Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81692263686 Meeting ID: 816 9226 3686 No registration required. To obtain a certificate and/or...
Will COP28 protect our children’s future and health? Families all over the world are suffering the disastrous impact of global warming on their lives, their health and their livelihoods. They know that their children will be directly affected by...
Greenfeeding – or Ecofeeding – stands for eating healthy, sustainable, and ecologically friendly foods, as opposed to ultra-processed foods. As food production has an important share in greenhouse gases and climate change, greenfeeding in « World Nutrition » needs our full...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 25th World Breastfeeding Week from the 1st to 7th August 2017. This year’s theme is “Sustaining Breastfeeding: Building Alliances without Conflicts of Interest”...
From May 15 to June 2, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child held its 75th Session in Geneva, while the 61st Session of the Committee on the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights was held between May 29 and...
The new report ‘Breaking the Rules’ published in January 2014 by IBFAN-ICDC (IBFAN International Code Documentation Centre), details global trends in marketing by baby food manufacturers and denounces violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes and subsequent relevant...
The Bébé et Moi fair took place this year at Palexpo, in Geneva, from the 7th to the 9th of April. Parents-to-be, parents and grandparents came to the 3-day fair and found a high number of stands with useful materials,...
The long-running debate about how WHO interacts with corporations is coming to crisis point. The Framework proposed by WHO fails to deliver adequate guidance on how to discern which relationships are appropriate, and more specifically for guidance on issues related...
