Beyond football – Pelé’s humanitarian dimension and support for breastfeeding As we all mourn the loss of Pelé, regarded by many as the world’s greatest football player ever, CLICK HERE for a piece from Kul Gautam, a former Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, explaining more about Pelé’s humanitarian work and his support in the 1980s and 90s for a UNICEF… Leer más »Beyond football – Pelé’s humanitarian dimension and support for breastfeeding
As you know, IBFAN greatly values WHO’s efforts to protect maternal and child health and its clear wish to strengthen Member States’ food safety capacity. However, following the launch of the WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety on Monday we feel we must express our concerns that private sector interests are unduly influencing and risk undermining WHO’s normative work. The Strategy was launched at the same time as the 14th multi-stakeholder World… Leer más »WHO Global Strategy for Food Safety – why does it fail to protect babies?
June 2022, The worst .floods in Pakistan‘s history put a third of the country under water and killed 1,717 people. The monsoon rains, melting glaciers and severe heat wave were all linked to climate change. It is the world’s deadliest flood since the 2020 South Asian floods. IBFAN Pakistan is providing health, nutrition and breastfeeding counselling, and education on avoiding ultra-processed products and eating healthy local foods. Photo: Magdalena Whoolery. Please send donations marked PAKISTAN. Following Pakistan’s unprecedented Monsoon flooding, IBFAN… Leer más »Breastfeeding International Emergency Response with IBFAN Pakistan Report
Mexico has implemented black STOP-style signs on unhealthy foods to combat the country’s rampant obesity trend. However, the project was met with fierce resistance from multinational companies and their host states. At the forefront: Nestlé and Switzerland. Documents and e-mail exchanges show how willingly the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs jumped in to defend the food giant’s commercial interests against Mexico’s health policy. According… Leer más »Against warning labels on junk food in Mexico How Switzerland danced to the Nestlé tune
These articles do not answer all the key questions about microbial contamination ofpowdered formulas. They do not propose mandatory measures to prevent further deathsand outbreaks of debilitating disease. IBFAN calls for regulatory action that is long overdue. The ten questions below explain thereasons why.
