THE ISSUE 

 

What is IBFAN? What is IBFAN? Coordinating the Network's Activities IBFAN'S Seven Principles How to become an IBFAN group ? Alliances and partnership Overview Bottle feeding can kill How does bottle feeding kill babies? Breastfeeding: the best start in life How companies get babies on the bottle The International Code: what companies should not do So what's happening now? The International Code, a minimum requirement The industry pushes for weak controls The role of IBFAN The corporate response to IBFAN History of the campaign The International Code The full Code What is the International Code ? Understanding the International Code WHA Resolutions Related international instruments How breastfeeding is undermined Promotion using free supplies Inappropriate language Using "humanitarian aid" to create markets Labels which undermine breastfeeding Promotion to mothers and pregnant women Promotion to health professionals Undermining implementation of the International Code What scientific research says Benefits to child health Benefits to maternal health