Over the past four decades, IBFAN has led the criticism of Nestlé’s marketing of commercial baby foods and has provided monitoring information to UN agencies and institutions, many of whom have ended collaborations with Nestlé
The breast pump manufacturer, Medela, has been contacting breastfeeding support organisations around the world saying that they have stopped producing and selling dummies/pacifiers since November 2024 and that they discontinued the sale of feeding bottles and teats in July 2025
The seminar was held as a side event during the 78th World Health Assembly, which took place from 19 to 24 May 2025 in Geneva, at the Palais des Nations, bringing together nearly 200 Ministers of Health.
In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes (the Code) to tackle the digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods.
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.
In the face of the budgetary and political crisis following the USA withdrawal from WHO, the EB 156 remained strong in its core constitutional purpose to help governments protect the health of all citizens and recommended forwarding a Draft Resolution on regulating the digital marketing of breast-milk substitutes.
Brazil is leading countries like Mexico, Norway, Lesotho lead initiative to curb abusive digital marketing practices targeting breastmilk substitutes.
January 15, 2025 (Updated January 29, 2025) More about this session: 20-24 January 2025 – Ahead of the 156th session of the WHO Executive Board (Geneva,… Read More »IBFAN PARTICIPATES IN THE SERIES OF POLICY DEBATES HOSTED BY THE GENEVA GLOBAL HEALTH HUB (G2H2) – AHEAD OF WHO EB 156
IBFAN warned that without extra safeguards, the new Codex Guidelines would open the door to commercial exploitation. A few weeks later, Patrick Begley of the Sidney Morning Herald exposed how an Australian corporation Little Etoile handed out formula in Vietnam as an “Act of Love”
IBFAN is supporting Brazil’s Zero Draft Resolution on Digital Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes that we hope will be adopted with no weakening at the 78th World Health Assembly next May.
This resource for policymakers and breastfeeding advocates presents the 36 most common arguments the baby food industry uses to oppose Code legislation, alongside responses and counter-arguments
One year before the end of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition, Westminster has held the World Public Health Nutrition Congress 2024 in collaboration with the World Public Health Nutrition Association.
Protection of breastfeeding throughout all WHO local offices – especially from new strategies such as digital marketing that is out of control. WHO has a key role in ensuring policy coherence in WTO and Codex trade rules.
Some key points that IBFAN will be raising with Member States. 2024 is a reporting year for Maternal Infant and Young Child Nutrition.With so many serious emergencies caused by conflicts and climate events
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