The Infant Feeding in Emergencies (IFE) Core Group has recently finalized the 3rd version of the Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers, updated in October 2017. IBFAN is a member of the IFE Core Group and contributed directly...
The report Right to Food and Nutrition Watch was published on October 2015. Several IBFAN members, namely Patti Rundall, Lida Lhotska, Marcos Arana, and Xaviera Cabada, contributed to it. In her article entitled The ‘Business of Malnutrition’: The Perfect...
Safe feeding of babies is of unique concern to all of us, as mothers, parents, or other caregivers of infants and young children. Avoiding the devastating effects of infectious illnesses, especially diarrheal illnesses that can be transmitted via foods...
Statement of Civil Society Delegation, of which IBFAN-GIFA is an active member, to the Open ended working group of the International Conference on Nutrition- 14th October 2014, Rome.
After months of advocacy efforts by public interest civil society organisations (CSOs) gathered in a coalition of 150 members for a more participatory and democratic UN process leading up to ICN2 (the Second International Conference on Nutrition), a first...
In recent years, the commercialisation of infant feeding has impacted on professional practice through the development of sponsorship by the Baby Feeding Industry of medical conferences and meetings, along with gifts to health workers.
Announcing ICDC’s latest State of the Code by Country (SOC 2014) Chart
IBFAN-GIFA contributed to the One Asia Breastfeeding Partner’s Forum in Laos on 28th – 30th October, with an orientation session on ‘Breastfeeding as a Human Right’. 22 countries from the Asian region gathered to share country perspectives as well...
In June 2013, international social movements and civil society organizations launched the Global Network for the Right to Food and Nutrition. This is a milestone in building joint action of public interest groups to act in concert for the...
IBFAN-GIFA was amongst the more than 140 various civil society organizations (CSOs) around the world that gathered at the Vienna+20 CSO Conference, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights. The Conference...
Extraterritorial Obligations (ETOs) encapsulate human rights obligations of states outside of their territories. These were formulated in the 2011 Maastricht Principles on extraterritorial obligations in the area of economic, social and cultural rights. Since 2007, more than 80 human...
Powdered formulas are not sterile and can contain harmful pathogens (read more). The 2007 WHO Guidelines for the safe preparation, storage and handling of powdered infant formula recommend a decontamination step which consists in mixing the formula powder with...
On the 10th of December 2013, the Deputy Chairperson of the Planning Commission of India, Montek Singh Ahluwalia, launched the World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative (WBCi) Report “The Need to Invest in Babies” by IBFAN. The Report calls upon governments...
We submitted alternative reports on the situation of breastfeeding in China, Kuwait, Lithuania and Luxembourg to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC Committee), prepared in collaboration with IBFAN groups in the countries. These countries were reviewed by the CRC Committee in September 2013 (session...
In October 2013, the World Health Organisation (WHO) organized an informal consultation on a framework for engagement with non-state actors. IBFAN-GIFA represented IBFAN at this meeting and together with the Democratising Global Health (DGH) coalition of NGOs, we issued...
