IBFAN INFO NEWSLETTER
September 1999 - Volume 1, No.2

In this issue:

• BFHI Promotes Optimal Infant Feeding Practices Globally
• International Code
• Protecting Infant Health at the Codex Alimentarius
• Business and UN Forge Aid Link
• Baby food industry to be investigated by European Parliament
• Breastfeeding Protection Advances in Pakistan
• IBFAN Regional News
• HIV and Infant Feeding
• IBFAN Resources

 
IBFAN INFO is published by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), a coalition of public interest groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality. IBFAN aims to improve the health and well-being of mothers and their children through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding practices, by pressing for full and universal implementation of the International Code and subsequent, relevant WHA Resolutions.

Published by INFACT Canada

• Elisabeth Sterken---IBFAN North America
• Kathy Venter

Thanks to the editorial assistance from:

• Alison Linnecar---IBFAN Europe
• Pauline Kisanga---IBFAN Africa
• Binta Barry---IBFAN Afrique
• Ines Fernandez---IBFAN Asia-Pacific
• Patti Rundall---Baby Milk Action, U.K
• Ruth de Arango---IBFAN Latin America and the Caribbean

IBFAN wishes to thank UNICEF Headquarters, New York; the Canadian International Development Agency; and the donors to INFACT Canada for their generous financial support.