IBFAN took part in the Global Obesity Summit in Madrid (26 – 28 October 2026),… Read More »Key asks for the Madrid Global Obesity Summit and WHO Regional Committees
WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA and PMNCH invite governments, civil society, academia, professional associations and youth networks… Read More »Help shape priorities for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health beyond 2030
IBFAN and ILCA co-hosted an official Side Event at WHO Headquarters, bringing together food safety… Read More »WHA79 Side Event: experts, families and governments unite in Geneva to demand a global response to the infant formula contamination crisis
Inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes remains a significant public health concern, with implications for breastfeeding… Read More »Marketing of breast-milk substitutes: national implementation of the International Code, status report 2026
IBFAN will be present once again at the 79th World Health Assembly to cover agenda… Read More »WHA79: Contaminated Commercial Formula – the need for a global response
IBFAN will be attending the 49th session of the Codex Labelling Committee in Ottawa, Canada… Read More »Codex Labelling – risky proposals for emergencies
In response to calls from WHO Member States, IBFAN, ILCA and health advocates about the… Read More »WHO Speeds Up Action on Contamination of Commercial Formulas
With parents’ trust in commercial food systems eroded, the global network IBFAN will urge governments at WHO’s Executive… Read More »New Resolution needed to protect babies from intrinsic contamination
Recalls expose serious failures in the production, regulation and marketing of powdered formula, highlighting the… Read More »IBFAN warns at WHO’s 158th Executive Board: Urgent Resolution on the International Code and infant formula risks
Soon after the ByHeart recall of its Powdered Infant Formulas (PIF) in the USA because of risk of Clostridium botulinum contamination,… Read More »Nestlé’s credibility questioned as formulas recalled in 60+ countries over contamination risk
In a new resolution, Member States agreed to expand the provisions of the International Code… Read More »Countries commit to regulate the digital marketing of formula milk and baby foods – WHA78
The 78th World Health Assembly (WHA78)will be on the 19 -24 May, 2025, gathering almost… Read More »Side Event 78th WHA
In the face of the budgetary and political crisis following the USA withdrawal from WHO,… Read More »WHO Member States call for the regulation of Digital marketing of baby foods
Brazil is leading countries like Mexico, Norway, Lesotho lead initiative to curb abusive digital marketing… Read More »WHO to discuss regulation of Digital Marketing of breastmilk substitutes at the 156th Executive Board Meeting
January 15, 2025 (Updated January 29, 2025) More about this session: 20-24 January 2025 –… 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… Read More »CODEX OPENS THE DOOR TO EXPLOITATION OF EMERGENCIES – AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLE
The Global Plastics treaty failed to reach a consensus in Busan, Republic of Korea. The… Read More »PLASTIC TREATY FAILS: CAN CODEX CHANGE AND PRIORITISE HUMAN AND PLANETARY HEALTH?
The harm caused by manufacturers of sweet processed baby foods is at last being exposed… Read More »CODEX DITHERS ON SUGAR AND OPENS DOOR TO RISKY LABELLING IN EMERGENCIES
IBFAN – the global citizens network that has been protecting child health since 1979, has… Read More »PRESS RELEASE | YET MORE SWEETENED, PLASTIC-WRAPPED UPFS FOR CHILDREN COMING TO THE GLOBAL MARKET
The 44th Session of the Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses will… Read More »AT CODEX, IBFAN PROTECTING CHILD HEALTH FROM SWEETENED UPFS IN PLASTIC PACKAGING AND THEIR SNEAKY PROBIOTIC PROMISES!
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