http://www.ibfan.org/en-us© 2007 IBFANLatest news from the IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network) websitewebmaster@ibfan.orgThe recent ‘melamine in milk’ scare in China brought home the fact that more and more mothers are opting for formula feeding at a time when babies should, more than ever, be breastfed. IBFAN-ICDC therefore feels that this is an appropriate time to release snapshots of marketing tactics companies are engaging in the Asia-Pacific region which has a burgeoning baby food market and consumers with increased purchasing power.http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/298-14.pdfMon, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMTThe International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) is pleased to invite you to join representatives of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Egyptian authorities in celebrating International Child Rights Day at a media event on 20 Novemberhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=567&iui=1Mon, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMTDownload the last issue Nº44-45, October 2008. Editorial: The new BFHI training package; and as always Breastfeeding Why and Breastfeeding How sectionshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/402-2.pdfMon, 06 Nov 2008 12:00:00 GMTThis letter to "Pediatrics", the official journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, was unfortunately not accepted for publication in the journal. We are posting it on our website to make points and concerns expressed by the undersigned known to a wider readership.http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/565-1.pdfMon, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTNational Seminar on Human Lactation: Breastfeeding, Every Baby´s Birth Right - November 15, 2008 - Al Owais Auditorium, Al-Baraha Hospital, DUBAIhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=564&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 28 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTFind attached the report of the Bali Regional meeting on Infant feeding in emergencies (IFE) that took place in March this year and was organized by the IFE Core group (including IBFAN-GIFA)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/563-1.pdfMon, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTHealth Canada Officially Declares BPA A Health Hazardhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=562&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTNews on the Health and Environment Alliance websitehttp://www.env-health.org/a/3070Mon, 18 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTCashing in on the China tainted milk scandal – 7 October 2008http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/299-14.pdfMon, 14 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTCode Essentials 1: Annotated International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and relevant WHA resolutionshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=479&iui=1Mon, 12 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTOther voices: the UN approachhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=561&iui=1Mon, 03 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTThe Novalac recall in France. See the latest update of our Product Recall Listhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/85-24.pdfMon, 02 Oct 2008 12:00:00 GMTSanlu milk recall part of ongoing baby food disgrace. Read the media release of GIFAhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/560-2.pdfMon, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTThe whole world recoiled in horror at the recent Sanlu milk scandal in China: over 6,000 babies ill, including more than 150 in critical condition, and four deathshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/560-1.pdfMon, 22 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTDownload the latest update as at September 19th 2008 from our websitehttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/85-24.pdfMon, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTDownload the latest update as at September 10th 2008 from our websitehttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=85&iui=1Mon, 10 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTRead the full article of Multinational Monitor, July/August 2008http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=558&iui=1Mon, 09 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTNow you can download for free the last issue of the ICDC Legal Update regarding infant feeding protectionhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/299-13.pdfMon, 05 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTIn what would be the largest ever-public programme of its kind, 19 countries in Asia (South Asia - 8, southeast Asia - 6, and east Asia - 5) have initiated action to assess policy and programmes that support women for breastfeeding in August 2008http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=557&iui=1Mon, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMTYou will find attached the latest UNHCR guidance on infant feeding and HIV in the context of displaced populations as produced by UNHCR and the IFE Core Grouphttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/367-5.pdfMon, 28 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTRead the statement on: Infant and Young Child Nutrition – Agenda item 11.14http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/350-21.pdfMon, 24 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTSee the four statements on: Inmunisation, IYCF, Millennium Development Goals and Climate Changehttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=350&iui=1Mon, 17 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTPowdered formulas are not sterile products and can be contaminated by harmful bacteria such as Enterobacter sakazakii which can cause serious illness in infants…http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=555&iui=1Mon, 16 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTIn May 2008, the 61st World Health Assembly adopted several key resolutions that can help all breastfeeding advocates in our work to protect infant health. Read the IBFAN reporthttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=350&iui=1Mon, 14 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTIn July 2008, the Codex Alimentarius Commission accordingly reviewed and adopted the new Code of Hygienic Practice for Powdered Formulae for Infants and Young Childrenhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=554&iui=1Mon, 14 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTNGO GROUP FOR THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Subgroup on National Child Rights Coalitions Meeting and Forum. Tuesday 10 June 2008http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=539&iui=1Mon, 11 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTHere you can find our new report on the CRC session that took place last May-June (session 48) and the old reports alsohttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=464&iui=1Mon, 11 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTUNICEF has renewed calls for donors to refrain from sending formula milk as humanitarian assistance to victims of disasters, saying it could cause even more deathshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=553&iui=1Mon, 08 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTFollowing our critics about Nestle as sponsor of the 16th European Congress on Obesity (ECO2008)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=551&iui=1Mon, 04 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTWe are pleased to announce that on 5 June 2008 Mali ratified the ILO Convention on Maternity Protection, No 183, 2000http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=550&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 02 July 2008 12:00:00 GMTRead the statement produced by the LAC Regional Office Co-ordinationhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=549&iui=1Mon, 09 June 2008 12:00:00 GMTRead the Statement on Breastfeeding made by the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures (APIL)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=548&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 09 June 2008 12:00:00 GMTHundreds of leading European and international scientists were gathered in Geneva at ECO to present and discuss research findings on the prevention and control of overweight and obesityhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=547&iui=1Mon, 21 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTWHO and UNICEF joint statement on appropriate infant and young child feeding in the current emergency, and caution about unnecessary use of milk productshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=546&iui=1Mon, 20 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTNew evidence Calls upon the Government of India to Scale Breastfeeding and Complementary Counselling to a Coverage of 99%http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/index2.php?iui=1Mon, 19 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTNatural and man-made disasters – earthquakes, floods, droughts and wars – regularly put lives at risk. And babies caught in the ensuing chaos are vulnerable to malnutrition and death. Journalists have an important role in helping to protect infants in emergencies by not supporting appeals for donations of infant formula and by reminding audiences that breastmilk is a reliable and sterile food that helps to prevent illness, while artificial feeding may further add to the health riskshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/367-4.pdfMon, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTExperience from recent emergencies in Bangladesh, North Korea and Indonesia, as well as elsewhere, highlights the need for governments, NGOs, UN agencies, donors and civil society to work together to promote proper infant and young child feedinghttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=545&iui=1Mon, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTWhile all population groups are susceptible to foodborne disease, there are groups more susceptible to foodborne disease due to their low-levels of immunity, early stages of development or greater exposure. This note focuses on two high-risk groups; pregnant women and infantshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=85&iui=1Mon, 15 May 2008 12:00:00 GMTA joint action group constituted by 33 persons including individual experts, pediatricians, public health experts, representatives from 19 national organisations working in public interest in health, development, gender, education and nutrition sector made strong voice and protest to GAIN for sparing India from the hands of multinational consumer and food companies to which GAIN is a promising market builder.)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/index2.php?iui=1Mon, 23 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMTHere you can find our last report on the CRC session that took place last January-February (session 47)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=464&iui=1Mon, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMTThe International Code Documentation Centre (ICDC) from Penang (Malaysia), shows its last Product Recall List regarding contaminants in baby foodshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/85-20.pdfMon, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMTPaediatrician alerts on Nestle’s practices in Nicaragua. NESTLE: company with social i-responsibility? By Nilda Terán, pediatrician from Nicaraguahttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=543&iui=1Mon, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:00 GMTFormula labeling violations: the Puerto Rico case. The PRHSJ is a publication of the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus. Recently, the PRHSJ (Vol. 27 No. 1, March, 2008) has published a research of IBFAN Puerto Rico regarding formula labeling violations.http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=542&iui=1Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMTBPNI/IBFAN Asia is organizing certificate training Courses on Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling: A Training Course – The 3 in 1 Course (An Integrated Course on Breastfeeding, Complementary Feeding and Infant Feeding & HIV-Counseling) at, Lucknow, Gwalior, Hindupur, Delhi and Ranchi during April 2008.http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=541&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 25 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMTNGO GROUP FOR THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD - Subgroup on National Child Rights Coalitions Meeting and Forum. Tuesday 5 February 2008http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=539&iui=1Mon, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT“There is no such thing as a free lunch”, says Milton Friedman. Advocacy for the independence and integrity of the medical profession and of the scientific evidence base lies at the core of all IBFAN´s workhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=389&iui=1Mon, 04 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMTUSHUAIA.-The Ministry of Health of Argentina awarded the title of "Baby Friendly Hospital" to the Regional Hospital of Ushuaia, in recognition of the work undertaken within the Maternal Child and Youth Programhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=537&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 05 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMTFor the first time, we are dedicating the entire Legal Update to just one report —an analysis of the Supreme Court case in the Philippines-http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/299-12.pdfMon, 31 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMTA report released on JANUARY 25, 2008, by The Cornucopia Institute presents research indicating that new additives placed in infant formula are seriously endangering the health of some formula-fed newborns and toddlershttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=536&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 29 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMTBaby Milk Action welcomes the news that the Nestlé Children´s Book Prize in the UK has come to an end by mutual agreement between Nestlé and the Booktrusthttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=535&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 23 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMTA survey of the state of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and subsequent WHA Resolutions. The report highlights Code violations found in Asia-Pacific in 2007http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/abm/paginas/articles/arch_art/298-13.pdfMon, 14 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMTGIFA (IBFAN Geneva) offers its new report on the CRC session that took place last September/October (session 46), in Geneva, Switzerlandhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=464&iui=1Mon, 08 Jan 2008 12:00:00 GMTRUANDI (IBFAN Uruguay) carried out a survey on breastfeeding, nutritional status and complementary feeding in children under two years old attended in both public and private health facilities in Uruguayhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=531&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMTThe last issue of Breastfeeding Brief regarding: The new WHO growth standards and Challenges in the implementation of the new WHO growth standards; and as always: Breastfeeding why? Breastfeeding how?http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=402&iui=1Mon, 11 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMTIBFAN, the International Baby Food Action Network, has today released an illustrated report on multinational companies violating the WHO rules on marketing. The 150-page report gives graphic details of the insidious ways in which a dozen heavyweight companies compete with mother’s milkhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=525&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 27 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTMACONDO, Latin American Institute for Health and Development - was recently created and it is developing one of its first academic activities with University Galileo in Guatemala: a new Masters degree on Infant Feeding (Spanish language)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=511&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 16 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTHow to make the world a better place, by Anwar Fazal (founder member of IBFAN and many other consumers organizations including IOCU, HAI and WABA)http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=509&iui=1Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTYou can support and protect breastfeeding by making a donation in two easy stepshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/donate_stepOne.php?iui=1Mon, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTThe global IBFAN network is seeking support to expand and consolidate its work in the next five years, therefore we are proud to announce that the document IBFAN’s Strategic Priorities – Funding Appeal 2008 – 2012 is now being circulated among potential donorshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=500&iui=1Mon, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMTNestle wins the Black Planet Award 2007 by etheconhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=507&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTTribute to Natividad Clavano – by Ma. Ines Fernandez, ARUGAAN, IBFAN Philippineshttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=506&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 13 Oct 2007 22:00:00 GMTGIFA (Geneva Infant Feeding Association) announces its new webpage in Frenchhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=505&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 09 Oct 2007 15:00:00 GMTLatest ICDC Recall list (Enterobacter sakazakii intrinsic contamination of infant formulas around the world) as at July 2007http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=85&iui=1Mon, 04 Oct 2007 21:00:00 GMTIBFAN-LAC's Coordination has launched the third issue of its electronic bulletin on VIH and Infant Feedinghttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=504&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 03 Oct 2007 17:00:00 GMTBPNI, IBFAN-Asia and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights organize the South-Asia Breast Feeding Partners Forum-4http://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=503&iui=1&goto_news=1Mon, 01 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTThe Falling Age of Puberty, the first comprehensive review of the literature on the timing of puberty to help us better understand this phenomenon so we can protect our daughters healthhttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=501&iui=1Mon, 30 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTLatest document of the Emergency Nutrition Network: Protecting babies in emergencies - The role of the publichttp://www.ibfan.org/site2005/Pages/article.php?art_id=367&iui=1Mon, 27 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMT