Brazil announces that 27 countries will table a Resolution on Digital marketing of baby foods for the 78th World Health Assembly
Dr López Ridaura, Under-Secretary for Health Prevention and Promotion talks about the tsunami of digital marketing in Mexico. He joined Dr Mahmood from Bangladesh,Ana Estela Haddad from Brazil, Dr Makhoase Ranyali-Otubanjo, Lesotho and Dr Martin Sirengo of Kenya on the panel chaired by Zoe Faulkner of ILCA.
Nestlé’s share-price drops to 3-year low, petition launched, Swiss Government asked to intervene. https://youtu.be/WXaZmkwQ9LQ
Changes to the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative IBFAN together with 4 other breastfeeding organisations ( WABA, ILCA, LLLI and the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative Network of Industrialized Nations, Central and Eastern European Nations and Independent States (BFHI Network) have worked over the past months on the…
Evening Standard Wednesday, 14th March 2018 Pioneering London initiative teaches surrogate mothers to breastfeed ROSS LYDALL Justine White received an award from the British Journal of Midwifery for her work with mothers Women who become mothers via a surrogate are…
Plastic particles found in bottled water David Shukman BBC Science editor CLICK HERE http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43388870 Tests on major brands of bottled water (including Nestlé and Danone) have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In the largest investigation of…
AstroZeneca calls for more ‘trust’ in its ‘What science can do’ lecture Pascal Soriot, CEO AstraZeneca, Kate Pretty 2nd Annual Lecture: Homerton College. Thursday 8th March 2018 The Cambridge Life science cluster at a pivot point. I have many…
CLICK HERE https://agroecology-appg.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Why-should-the-Precautionary-Principle-be-preserved-APPG-Briefing-in-support-of-amendments-66-112-113-March-2018.pdf Why should the Precautionary Principle be preserved, post-Brexit? What is the Precautionary Principle? The Rio Declaration (1992) states that: Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used…
Baby Milk Action sends condolences to the family of Helmut Maucher, (Nestlé CEO from 1981 – 1997). However, while he is being praised as a strong and visionary leader, its important we not forget the harm he caused to so many children…
WHO: in the claws of the lobbyists? L’OMS : dans les griffes des lobbyistes ? This documentary film by Arte was broadcast in 2017 and is now available on Youtube. This is a hard hitting film featuring several IBFAN partners…
Commission Notice on the classification of Food for SpecialMedical Purposes (FSMP) (2017/C 401/01) CLICK HERE This is an important new document issued by the European ‘College’ – EU Institutions, bodies, offices and Agencies and the European Commission. This is a…
Bliss says no to sponsorship – Danone plays around with ethics on Radio 4 STOP PRESS Following feedback on its potential sponsorship from Nutricia Early Life Nutrition (Danone) BLISS has decided not to go ahead: “We now understand that this sponsorship…
URGENT ACTION NEEDED: Trade Bill – Discussions on post Brexit trade deals have already started and SUSTAIN is encouraging people to write to their MP to make sure concerned that British people and our MPs will all have a say in…
Could your Health Visitor win the 2018 Julie Crawford Award for Breastfeeding Support? Julie Crawford Award for Breastfeeding Support 2018 Nominations are now OPEN The Baby Feeding Law Group is seeking nominations for the Julie Crawford Award for Breastfeeding Support.…
In response to the call for comments on WHO’s proposals for an Independent Global High-level Commission on NCDs I sent the comments below, outlining our serious concerns about the appropriateness of three of the proposed Commissioners, who will have an ‘advisory’ role: Arnaud…
https://www.ibfan-icdc.org/conflict-of-interest-the-breastfeeding-friendly-country-index-project/ 28 OCT 2015 CONFLICT OF INTEREST – THE BREASTFEEDING FRIENDLY COUNTRY INDEX PROJECT Posted at 10:06h in Code Related by Ibfan-Penang 0Likes We anticipate that in the near future, many (mothers, health workers, and public health advocates, etc.) will…
Below are links to a mixed range of news – starting with this paper that has been in preparation for quite some time. Interference in public health policy: examples of how the baby food industry uses tobacco industry tactics Learning…
142nd session of the Executive Board 22–27 January 2018, Geneva, Switzerland CLICK HERE for the webcasts of all the meetings. This has been a hectic week once more at the WHO Executive Board (EB)- and we have needed to give…
WHO governance: The conversation continues Civil society meetings related to WHO EB142, 19-20 January 2018 Baby Milk Action is a member of the Geneva Global Health Hub G2H2 that was launched during a civil society side event at the 69th World…
Attempts to Redefine Conflict of Interest. Accountability in Research. December 6, 2017. Marc A. Rodwin. DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2017.1405728 English version HERE French version: HERE Abstract: The traditional legal concept of conflict of interest is a practical tool to regulate conduct. In…
French salmonella baby milk scandal ‘affects 83 countries’ 14th January 2017 CLICK HERE for the BBC World Service interview with Alison Linnecar, IBFAN global working group on chemical and microbiological contamination of infant feeding products. (Click Here for the website) The…
Baby Milk Action and all our IBFAN colleagues were saddened to hear the news that Timothy Stamps – Zimbabwean minister for health from 1986 to 2002 and a long time outspoken supporter of breastfeeding and the International Code at the World Health…
CLICK HERE for PDF in Spanish French and US Trade delegations put child health at risk 39th Codex Alimentarius Nutrition Committee (CCNFSDU), Berlin, Germany 4th – 8th December 2017 The nutrition committee of the WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission – the UN body…
French Government calls for global withdrawal of Lactalis formulas. 14.12.2017 It took almost ten days for the Government of France to react to the scandal of widespread contamination of powdered formula milks produced by the giant French dairy producer Lactalis.…
CLICK HERE for this new report just published on World Nutrition Interference in public health policy: examples of how the baby food industry uses tobacco industry tactics Sabrina Ionata Granheim Independent consultant on nutrition Katrin Engelhardt Independent Public Health Nutritionist Patti Rundall Policy…
IndiaSupplementaryfood Sathyamala-2017-Development_and_Change WHO against formulated supplementary food for moderate malnutrition Rema Nagarajan| TNN | Oct 12, 2017, 20:13 IST https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/WHO-against-formulated-supplementary-food-for-moderate-malnutrition/articleshow/61055411.cms NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its recent guidelines to tackle the global epidemic obesity categorically recommended “not…
Update: IBFAN intervention on the GWP at the Executive Board Meeting in January 201. CLICK HERE for reports from the special Executive Board in November 2018 with links to the webcasts IBFAN SUBMISSIONS ON THE DRAFT General Programme of Work Baby…
MPs fail to retain the Precautionary Principle. What does it mean for baby food marketing ? Tonight UK MPs voted against a new clause that would have ensured that important environmental protection would continue after Brexit Exit Day. The characteristic feature of…
RCGPDANONEFREE practical training in child nutrition http://rcgp-news.com/49LX-45JT-F6GC4NE99/cr.aspx A GP, subscriber to Baby Milk Action and member of the RCGP sent us this link today: http://rcgp-news.com/49LX-45JT-F6GC4NE99/cr.aspx The RCGP seems to be promoting FREE training in association with DANONE on Child Nutrition. RCGP.
Following the revelation of 12 secret meetings with Israeli ministers during a holiday earlier this year, Priti Patel, UK Secretary of State for International Development was called back from a trip to Uganda and Kenya and forced to resign. CLICK HERE to be…
IBFAN’s new comment on the revision of the Follow-up Standard (Codex Stan 156-1987) Please share with your country delegates Codex paper IBFAN’s point by point comments on Follow-up Formula CLICK HERE IACFO’s comments are the same as IBFAN’s CLICK HERE…
Call to Boycott the GMM meeting in Frankfurt (Click here) This message is to clarify IBFAN’s Call to Action regarding the upcoming meeting in Frankfurt that will, among other things, discuss a proposal for a Global Monitoring Mechanism organised…
The Body Shop is no longer connected to Nestlé as it has been sold by L’Oreal (part-owned by Nestlé) to Brazilian company Natura. We’re proud of everything that we achieved alongside L’Oréal. Now we are about to start an exciting…
See all 12 pictures and order in the Calendar section of our Virtual Shop. Please give your views on the pictures and calendar here. If you have images you would like to be considered for a future calendar, please contact us.
STOP PRESS: WHO has now published its draft 13th General Programme of Work (GPW13). English Strategy on a page WHO Impact Framework http://www.who.int/about/gpw-thirteen-consultation/en/ “The draft 13th General Programme of Work will be discussed at a Special Session of WHO’s Executive…
CLICK HERE for the consultation page where you will find IBFAN’s new comments on 3 important issues that will be discussed in Berlin in December.
IBFAN Note of Dissent 12 May 2017. IBFAN Note of Dissent Page down for list of endorsers and PDFs in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese Call to action Protecting infant health: IBFAN stands up to a new initiative by…
Look at who the Niti Aayog is consulting October 26, 2017, 6:31 PM IST Rema Nagarajan in Staying Alive | India | Times of India DISCLAIMER : Views expressed below are the author’s own. International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) is globally known for…
URGENT Call for EU member states to support UN Treaty on Business and Human Rights CLICK HERE for PDF CLICK here for links to webcasts etc CLICK here for the daily Updates from the European Colation for Corporate…
3rd Session of Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations The third session of the IGWG for the elaboration of an international instrument to regulate TNCs and Other Business Enterprises (OBEs) with respect to Human Rights started yesterday and will…
IBFAN call to Action.23.10.17 Call to action Protecting infant health: IBFAN stands up to a new initiative by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation A few years ago, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) turned its attention towards infant…
At Palais the Nations, the 3rd Session of the 68th Session of the Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women. The Opening of Session IGWG on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights is officially open! You…
Environment committee vote on glyphosate – 19th October – SUPPORT proposed objection to European Commission’s insufficient proposal Dear Member of the European Parliament, As a membership network of over 70 public interest organisations aiming to promote and protect people’s health…
Protecting Children from Harmful marketing October 2017 The meeting of WHO’s Western Pacific Region (WPRO) took place last week in Brisbane, Australia 9-13th October and a new Resolution (WPR/RC68.R3) Protecting Children from Harmful Marketing was adopted. The 37 countries and…
New Codex Briefing IBFAN Follow-up Formula Briefing IBFAN’s Codex Working Group has prepared a briefing paper to highlight our recommendations for the revision of the Follow-up Formula Codex Standard (Codex Stan 156-1987) at the 39th Codex nutrition meeting to be held in…
Click Here: PPP for the Statement, World Bank must stop promoting “dangerous” public-private partnerships Brussels/Washington DC, October 11 2017. A new campaign aimed at reversing the dangerous rush to promote expensive and high-risk public-private partnerships (PPPs) was launched today by civil…
You can watch the proceeding of this important Committee HERE The Multi Stakeholder Public Private Partnership approach is being heavily pushed as the solution to many many problems – including disputes over land rights, land grabbing, deforestation, mono-cropping etc. Thankfully there are…
IYCF-E Joint Statement Bangladesh_final INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING in EMERGENCIES JOINT STATEMENT ON ACTION Institute of Public Health Nutrition (IPHN), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, UN Agencies (UNICEF, WHO and WFP) and Nutrition Cluster Partners call for all involved…
Baby Milk Action is not aligned to any political party. Here are some of the notable things I spotted at the Conservative Conference in Manchester in October. Sugar and Nuclear power: With hardly any fringe events on health on the agenda, I was still…
The new, updated Operational Guidance for Emergency Relief Staff and Programme Managers , developed by the IFE Core Group is now available. Version 3 October 2017 (IBFAN is a member of the IFE Core Group) The Guidance is also available…
Key Actions You Can Take Today To Support The #BindingTreaty to #StopCorporateAbuse: http://www.treatymovement.com/get-more-involved/ Acciones para Apoyar el #TratadoVinculante contra #AbusosPorEmpresas: http://www.treatymovement.com/unase-al-movimiento/ Actions pour soutenir le #TraitéContraignant contre #ViolationsParEntreprises: http://www.treatymovement.com/pour-se-mobiliser-encore-plus/
IBFAN’s has concerns about a new, Global Monitoring Mechanism (GMM), funded by the Gates Foundation (BMGF) and facilitated by the Meridian Institute. IBFAN agreed to be consulted initially. However, the final report takes little account of the views expressed and proposes that the…
For the new Emergency guidance CLICK HERE Following the terrible events in Mexico, our IBFAN colleagues in Latin America prepared an appeal to the Secretary of Health, Mexico, to protect breastfeeding in this difficult situation. Sept 9. The same day…
