Congratulations on IBFAN’s 37th Anniversary

Dear IBFAN Global Council members and all our IBFAN colleagues,

WABA congratulates the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) on its’ 37th Anniversary, on 12 October 2016.

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IBFAN and WABA both work on improving breastfeeding rates worldwide through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices. IBFAN has relentlessly fought to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality through consistent vigilance on industry marketing strategies and adverse developments in infant nutrition by highlighting these at World Health Assembly (WHA) and beyond. IBFAN works for universal and full implementation and monitoring of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and WHA Resolutions. IBFAN is one of WABA’s core partners and plays an important role in the protection of sound infant feeding practices through Code vigilance, human rights advocacy and monitoring of breastfeeding trends. This role continues to be relevant and important in today’s world.

Warm regards
WABA

 

By admin | October 12, 2016 | Core Partners, News from Secretariat |
  • James Achanyi-Fontem

    Cameroon
    Link is one of WABA’s and IBFAN’s core partners playing an important role in
    the protection of sound infant feeding practices through Code vigilance, human
    rights advocacy and monitoring of breastfeeding trends. This role of Cameroon
    to be relevant and important in today’s Africa through collaboration led to an
    increase of exclusive breastfeeding from 20 % to 28% last year. From a recent
    evaluation, exclusive breastfeeding in Cameroon now stands at 34%. Though this progress, Cameroon did not yet arrived its planned target of 50% in 2015. It has now made a bet for 90% by 2030 within the Sustainable Development Goals.