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 rise in quantities of pesticides used over the past 50 years is indeed alarming. Infants and young children are among the most sensitive to pesticide exposures because of their early stages of development; their body organs and as...
(picture: UNICEF) On 23 September 2016, on behalf of IBFAN, IBFAN-GIFA took part in the 2016 Day of General Discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child which topic was Children’s Rights and the Environment. Read IBFAN-GIFA...
Genève, septembre 2016 Cette année, le thème international choisi pour la semaine mondiale de l’allaitement est « L’allaitement maternel, une clef pour le développement durable ». En effet, les recherches récentes prouvent qu’allaiter constitue un véritable geste éco-bio-logique.
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. The negative impacts of pollution and climate change affect all people, but especially the world’s most vulnerable population: newborns, infants and young children, whose immune and...
The term biofortification or agrofortification are terms that obscure and hide the means by which the food is altered. A more precise definition would state that the food is genetically altered by means of a technological industrial process.The fact...
Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. Even the healthy development of the foetus during intrauterine life can be compromised by environmental degradation and global warming. Optimal breastfeeding practices are crucial as they constitute...
La Suisse doit intensifier ses efforts visant à protéger, promouvoir et soutenir l’allaitement maternel, selon le Comité des Droits de l’Enfant de l’ONU. A l’occasion de la célébration de la Semaine Mondiale de l’Allaitement Maternel à Genève et d’Alternatiba...
Geneva, July 10 — The first session of the historic United Nations negotiations towards a treaty on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with regards to human rights concluded today, following five days of inspiring talks on the...
Le projet d’installations promotionnelles sponsorisées par Nestlé et prévues dans le cadre du pavillon représentant la Suisse lors de l’EXPO 2015 de Milan a suscité de vives préoccupations. Plusieurs organisations se sont déjà élevées contre ce projet, dont IBFAN-GIFA.
