This statement was made by Anwar Fazal, then President of the International Organization of Consumers Unions (IOCU), on October 12 1979 at the WHO/UNICEF meeting on Infant and Young Child Feeding, held in Geneva, Switzerland from 9-12 October 1979...
Celebrating our
30th Anniversary!! global breastfeeding
initiative
for child survival
Click here to watch this short graphic presentation of what gBICS is all about
The global Breastfeeding Initiative
for Child Survival
“gBICS” in SCN News. Link
International Code Documentation Centre (ICDC) Resources
This commemorative issue, released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Code, shows how 197 countries implement the Code at the national level. The Blue SOC grades national measure
on a fixed set of criteria based on scope, ambit and enforceability. Find out which countries have laws and which countries have done nothing.
Each chart is sold at US$5 per copy.
Write to ibfanpg@tm.net.my for more details.
A brand new 208-page report details the latest marketing strategies used by baby food manufacturers
and exposes violations of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and
subsequent World Health Assembly resolutions over the three years from end 2007 to end 2010.
Independent monitors from over 46 countries contributed evidence showing that breastfeeding still
faces multi-million dollar competition from baby feeding companies using new ways to promote
their products.
Here you can download the Executive Summary for FREE.
Click here to download the four-page summary of Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2011. This document is free of charge.
IBFAN Press Release
May 12 2011 For the launch of the Breaking the Rules, Stretching the Rules 2010 at the Geneva Press Club, Geneva, Switzerland - LINK
Post-BTR Update May 2011! Check out IBFAN-ICDC’s
newly released report on Fonterra/Anmum - Link
"Protecting Infant Health", IBFAN's flagship publication for health workers has gone into its 11th edition. It has been completely re-written and illustrated. This popular booklet is designed to make the legal Code language easy to understand. An ideal resource especially for those health workers who are concerned about commercial influence on their profession and in health facilities.
"Protecting Infant Health" shows how active use of the Code can make a difference, protect breastfeeding and save lives. It also discusses current issues such as the Code in the context of emergencies, HIV and bf , health claims and sponsorship. (A5 - 80 pages with Code and resolutions)
IBFAN
---------------------------------------------------- The International Baby Food Action Network - consists of public interest groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality. Click here
Regional Sites ---------------------------------------------------- IBFAN is arranged into eight operative regions with Regional Co-ordination Offices (RCO) and (in some cases) with IBFAN regional websites. Click here
Information to consumers
--------------------------------------------------- Do you know that powdered baby milks or formulas, even in sealed and unopened packets, are not sterile products?
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Joint IBFAN & FIAN Submission to the General Comment on Child Rights and the Business Sector
The Committee on the Rights of the Child is elaborating a General Comment on Child Rights and Business. IBFAN jointly with FIAN participated in the consultation process through a joint submission which draws on a long experience in working on business accountability in the area of women and child rights to health, food and nutrition.” Link
Report on the Situation of Infant and Young Child Feeding in CYPRUS
The Convetion on the Rights of the Child - Session 60 - June 2012. Link
Cronobacter/Enterobacter sakazakii infections: Time for Action
Article published on the March issue of "Middle East Food". Convener by IBFAN Global Working Group on Chemical and Microbiological Contamination of Infant Feeding Products (Geneva - Switzerland).
Link
All about IBFAN - new video!
Thanks to IBFAN's Geneva Office, GIFA, we are pleased to share this new video which explains the importance of IBFAN's work. The film is available in three languages: English, Spanish and French. See the video
Open letter to the Geneva Health Forum
The 2012 edition of the Geneva Health Forum will once again be sponsored by private companies such as Nestlé and Pfizer, well known Code violators. IBFAN-GIFA reacted by sending an open letter to the president.
Read the letter
Maternity protection: A new ILO Resource Package, in collaboration with IBFAN-GIFA
In April 2012 the ILO published the “Maternity Protection Resource Package. From Aspiration to Reality for All”, which results from its collaboration with the ILO International Training Centre, UNICEF, WHO, UNFPA, UN Women and IBFAN-GIFA.Link
Latest news form the Committee on the Rights of the child
During its 59th session, the CRC Committee urged governments to improve exclusive breastfeeding and enforce the International Code.
Read more
The Special Rapporteur on the right to food urges companies to comply with the Code
The December 2011 report by UN Special Rapporteur (SR) on the right to food focused on nutrition as an integral part of the right to food. Breastfeeding is key for the right of the child to an adequate diet, and an important strategy to combat undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies and prevent obesity. The report clarifies the implications of the right to adequate food in terms of responsibilities of the infant food industry, which is urged to comply fully with the International Code and abstain from promoting breastmilk substitutes.Read more
Nov 26 2011:The Business of malnutrition: breaking down trade rules
to profit from the poor
STOP PRESS!! EUROPEAN UNION BANS USE OF BPA IN FEEDING BOTTLES January 19 2011
Update EU BAN ON USE OF BPA IN FEEDING BOTTLES ENTERS INTO FORCE March 20 2011 CHINA FOLLOWS WITH BAN ON BPA BOTTLES June 01 2011 Read more...
HEALTH FOR ALL Whatever happened to Health for All?
Ups and downs of protection of breastfeeding, regulation of transnational corporations and
Health for All Link
Global Programme Offices
The International Code Documentation Centre (ICDC) located in Penang, Malaysia supports the entire IBFAN network on Code and related matters. It also provides training and legal advisory services to governments, international agencies and national groups on Code implementation and Code monitoring.
The Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA) serves as IBFAN'sinternational liaison office, acting as the interface between the IBFAN network and the UN agencies based in Geneva. GIFA also provides technical support to the IBFAN thematic working groups and administers and manages IBFAN's global projects and fundraising efforts.
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