Protecting our first food and mother earth In any journey it is the first step that counts. Breastfeeding is one of the first and practical steps that we must take to protect not only the health of babies and mothers…
WORKING ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of the Child From 11 to 29 January 2016, the CRC Committee held its 71st session and reviewed the implementation of the Convention in Benin, Brunei Darussalam, France, Haiti, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Latvia, Maldives, Oman, Peru, Senegal,…
WHO opens the doors wide to corporate influence
IBFAN Press Release: 68th World Health Assembly, UN Palais, Geneva, 18 May 2015 The long-running debate about how WHO interacts with corporations is coming to crisis point. In the context of its Reform Process WHO Secretariat has been working on…
New EU rules will trick parents into buying expensive and unnecessary products that will fuel the obesity crisis
Health advocates from across Europe have decried new rules on baby formulas and foods that are being forced through by the European Commission with no time for proper consultation and expert reflection. The EU Commission claims that its proposals are…
Formula feeding is the formula for disaster for the environment, say experts!
Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI)/IBFAN ASIA announce their latest publication “Formula for Disaster: weighing the impact of formula feeding Vs breastfeeding on environment” which is out now. The path breaking publication aims to raise awareness of the positive impact…
The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) supports Consumers International’s call for a Global Convention to Protect and Promote Healthy Diets.
WABA supports recommendations made by Consumers International for a Global Convention, particularly its call to (a) increase awareness and education on nutrition, (b) strengthen control and restriction of advertising and promotion of unhealthy food and beverage products, and (c) ethical…
Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies
Infants and young children are vulnerable in any emergency. It is the position of the International Lactation Consultant Association that supporting their wellbeing should be a priority of governments, aid agencies, health workers, and members of the public. Such support…
DISAPPOINTING OUTCOMES OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NUTRITION STATEMENT BY CSO DELEGATION TO THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION 2
Governments met in the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 10-12 October to finalize the Rome Political Declaration and the Framework for Action for the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2). After 22 years, civil society organizations (CSOs) were expecting significant…
10 Years of the Right to Adequate Food Guidelines – Progress, Obstacles and the Way Ahead Civil Society Synthesis Paper for the 41st Session of the UN Committee on World Food Security
This paper is a product of a broad civil society consultation process, facilitated by the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition, with the political support of the member organizations of the Civil Society Mechanism to the Committee…
Day of Action: get out from under the influence of a lifetime of formula marketing
Day of Action: get out from under the influence of a lifetime of formula marketing by neobfmd As health care providers, we are responsible for providing unbiased information to our patients. The truth about “infant nutrition” is that human milk…