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Health campaigner: Andrew Herxheimer (1925-2016)
Andrew Herxheimer, born 4 November 1925 in Berlin, died 21 February 2016 at the age of 90 in London. Another sad loss that I should have posted before is Andrew Herxheimer, one of our advisors, who sadly died in February. Andrew…
Halfdan Mahler: father of the International Code dies.
We are very sad to hear that Halfdan Mahler WHO’s Director General when the International Code was adopted has died on 14th December. What an amazing contribution this man made to children’s health and survival. Here is a link…
Help Baby Milk Action monitor formula companies in the UK to end misleading marketing
Baby Milk Action receives many examples of misleading marketing by the formula companies. We are grateful to everyone who sends these too us. We apologise for when we are slow to acknowledge them. Please do continue sending us examples of promotion in retail…
New 84-country IBFAN report launched at World Breastfeeding Conference shows progress in helping mothers to breastfeed
World Fails to Invest in the Youngest to Reap for Development Johannesburg: December 11, 2016. On the occasion of IBFAN’s Second World Breastfeeding Conference Dr. M.J Phaahla, Deputy Minister of Health, Government of the Republic of South Africa, today released…
Global standard-setting committee puts child health before trade
PDF version: ibfan-codex-pr-2016-4 Click here for background documents including official report of the meeting and participants list. Global standard-setting committee puts child health before trade 38th Codex Alimentarius Nutrition Committee, Hamburg, Germany 7th December 2016 Codex Alimentarius, the FAO/WHO body that…