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IBFAN Statement on Gaza

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After more than four decades working to prevent child illness, suffering and death, IBFAN is well aware of the pain that each loss causes. In more than 160 countries our network has worked in adverse conditions…

Side Event 78th WHA

The 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78)will be on the 19 -24 May, 2025, gathering almost 200 Ministers of Health in Geneva, at Palais des Nations. As every year it has been an important moment to review and planning the main public health priorities the world are facing.

WILL CODEX OPEN THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF FOOD AID IN EMERGENCIES AND MORE GREENWASHING?

Among the issues to be discussed at CCFL is a proposal for new work from the USA calling for flexibility and exemptions for the labelling of food aid. We will be opposing this. Governments have the sovereign right to adopt any legislation they consider necessary to protect health as long as it does not violate international trade principles

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EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS

The (CCNFSDU44) 44th Codex Nutrition Committee meeting began with testing a new draft prioritising system where Codex members and observers were asked to assess and score the… Read More »EU AND SWITZERLAND TRY TO TACKLE SWEETNESS – THE UK WARY OF ‘PROBIOTIC’ CLAIMS, CODEX STARTS NEW WORK ON BABY FOODS