#WBW2024 will focus on survival, health and wellbeing. It will showcase the need to improve breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities that exist in our society with a special focus on breastfeeding in times of emergencies
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#WBW2024 will focus on survival, health and wellbeing. It will showcase the need to improve breastfeeding support to reduce inequalities that exist in our society with a special focus on breastfeeding in times of emergencies
The release in April of the Public Eye/IBFAN exposé of how Nestlé markets Cerelac and Nido as beneficial for child development, despite containing high levels of added sugar have prompted widespread
The World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 is being held one year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The Congress will question the current global solutions to addressing
27 countries will table a Resolution on Digital marketing of baby foods at the 78th World Health Assembly
During the 77th World Health Assembly, Member States and Civil Society Organizations got together to highlight the concerning rise of aggressive digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes.
At WHO’s Executive Board (EB) meeting in its Geneva HQ last week, the many serious emergencies caused by conflicts and climate events were on everyone’s minds.
2024 is a reporting year for  Maternal, Infant and Young Child Nutrition so Digital Marketing will be discussed under the “Healthier Populations†agenda item. With so many serious emergencies caused by conflicts.
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) is an international coalition aiming to improve maternal and infant and young child health through the protection, support and promotion of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding. It was formed by a small group of organisations and activists, concerned about the high mortality of formula fed babies, who came together in 1979 at the end of a WHO/UNICEF joint meeting on infant and young child feeding. The meeting had recommended an international code to regulate the marketing of infant formula, bottles and teats and other products marketed as breastmilk substitutes.
OUR FOCUS AREAS
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IBFAN AND PUBLIC EYE URGE SWISS GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE, PETITION LAUNCHED
The release in April of the Public Eye/IBFAN exposé of how Nestlé markets Cerelac and Nido as beneficial for child development, despite containing high levels of added sugar have prompted widespread
Read MoreIN LONDON, IBFAN PARTICIPATES IN THE WORLD PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION CONGRESS 2024
The World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 is being held one year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The Congress will question the current global solutions to addressing
Read MoreMEXICO, BRAZIL, KENYA, LESOTHO AND BANGLADESH JOIN SIDE EVENT AT THE 77th WHA
During the 77th WHA, Member States and Civil Society Organizations got together to highlight the concerning rise of aggressive digital marketing of breastmilk substitutes, shedding light on its pervasive and misleading impact
Read MoreIBFAN'S SEVEN PRINCIPLES
Click on the images to read each IBFAN Principle.
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Infants and young children everywhere to have the right to the highest attainable standard of health.
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Families, and in particular women and children, have the right to access adequate and nutritious food and sufficient and affordable water.
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Women have the right to breastfeed and to make informed decisions about infant and young child feeding.
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Women have the right to full support to breastfeed for two years or more and to exclusively breastfeed for the first six months.
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All people have the right to access quality health care services and information free of commercial influence.
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Health workers and consumers have the right to be protected from commercial influence that may distort their judgment and decisions.
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People have the right to advocate for change that protects, promotes, and supports basic health, in international solidarity.
The IBFAN network is a global coalition formed by nearly 200 citizen groups in over 100 countries
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Learn more about the IBFAN network in various parts of the world. Access the following websites or social networks, and soon we will have more links here:
MATERNITY PROTECTION
State of Maternity Protection in 97 countries
An increasing number of women are entering the job market and they need maternity protection to make a balance between their productive and reproductive roles to take care of themselves, their children and their families.
IBFAN Position Paper on Maternity Protection at Work
This paper presents IBFAN’s position on maternity protection at work and the tools for advocacy needed to increase the implementation of measures that enable mothers to participate as equals in the workplace while exercising their reproductive rights to breastfeed.
Breastfeeding after returning to work or study
Many women find ways to continue breastfeeding their baby. Employers and course providers have certain obligations towards breastfeeding women to support your return to work or study.