INTERNATIONAL BABY FOOD ACTION NETWORK (IBFAN), ASIA


1998 RECIPIENT OF THE
RIGHT LIVELIHOOD AWARD
IBFAN was one of the four recipients of the Right Livelihood Award, often referred to as the "Alternative Nobel Prize". IBFAN was honoured "for its committed and effective campaigning over nearly 20 years for the right of mothers to choose to breastfeed their babies free from the commercial pressure and misinformation with which companies promote breastmilk substitutes"

Find out "The State of the World's Breastfeeding" http://www.worldbreastfeedingtrends.org/

         
           
   
             

About the orgination
Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding :World Health Assembly (WHA) and UNICEF adopted the Global Strategy,which sets five additional targets: national policy on infant and young child feeding, community outreach, information support, infant feeding in difficult circumstances and monitoring and evaluation.
A simple guide to the Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child feeding
 
 
           
     
10 Areas of Action
Infant Young Child Feeding Programmes
National Policy, Programme and Coordination
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative
Implementation of the International Code
Maternity Protection
Health and Nutrition Care
Community Outreach
Information Support
Infant Feeding & HIV
Infant Feeding during Emergencies
Monitoring and Evaluation
 

One Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum

One Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum-6
Colombo, Sri Lanka on 18 - 21 November 2009

Theme:
Breastfeeding In Emergencies: Challenges & Solutions
more..

 

Global Conference on Meeting Nutritional Challenges with Sustainability and Equity, Dates: 2-3 August, 2009
 PEOPLE'S CHARTER FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY more>>
 
People call Upon GAIN to leave India and Government of India to regulate PPPs
call upon GAIN to leave india

download media brief
Link http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-11952
What's New
 Joint Action Plan for Women's and Children's Health by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon click here
 Comment on the Draft for Consultation " Investing in Our Common Future" Joint Action Plan for Women's and Children's Health by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki -moon click here
 
Every year the first week of August is celebrated as ‘World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). The objective is to focus attention on some important aspect of protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. This year the theme is ‘Breastfeeding – Just 10 Steps! The Baby Friendly Way' . more>>
 

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)
Status of South Asia


Download Report
 

Enough is Enough !
End Baby Food Promos Now !!

IBFAN Asia Newsletter, Issue 11&12, December 2009
IBFAN Asia Newsletter, Issue 11&12, December 2009
 

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) process has been completed in 32 Countries.
Afghanistan Malawi
Argentina Maldives
Bangladesh Mexico
Bhutan Mongolia
Brazil Mozambique
Bolivia Nepal
Cape Verde Pakistan
China   Peru
Colombia Philippines
Costa Rica Republic of Korea
Dominican Republic Sri Lanka 
Ecuador Taiwan
Gambia Uganda
Ghana Uruguay 
India Vietnam
Indonesia Zambia

For assessment findings detailed reports and report card click here
 
  

The study which has been published in the New England Journal Of Medicine (17 June 2010) has concluded that 'All regimens of HAART from pregnancy through 6 months post partum resulted in high rates of virologic suppression, with an overall rate of mother-to-child transmission of 1.1%.' Please use this information to have an enhanced advocacy in your part of the world to strengthen breastfeeding counseling services for HIV positive mothers. click here World health assembly calls for ending of inappropriate promotion of baby foods,Press Release: World Health Assembly adopts two landmark Resolutions on the promotion of junk foods and baby foods, 21st May 2010 click here Study: Lack of breastfeeding costs lives, billions of dollars Miriam Falco, CNN Medical News Managing Editor
April 5, 2010 -- Updated 1406 GMT (2206 HKT) click here

Multinationals Break Vietnam Law in Formula Sales HANOI — Multinational companies in Vietnam sell baby formula so aggressively that they routinely stretch and sometimes break laws designed to promote breastfeeding, an AP investigation has found. --By BEN STOCKING /AP WRITER Monday, September 21, 2009 click here

Govt of Pakistan has notified the Breast feeding rule and regulation click here

Colombo Declaration on Infant and Young Child Feeding click here

The '3 in 1' Training Programme Capacity building initiative for building health workers' skills in infant and young child feeding counseling (Based on WHO and UNICEF's 3 courses on breastfeeding , complementary feeding and HIV infant feeding counseling.) click here Press release on Breastfeeding research by Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) website www.ntnu.no/news/breastfeeding : damaging the worldwide efforts to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.

Dr. Arun Gupta, gBICS Chairperson calls on Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - to remove damaging statement on recent research about androgen levels and breastfeeding which has resulted in widespread media headlines seriously damaging the worldwide efforts to protect, promote and support breastfeeding. To read the full statement from Arun Gupta, please click here.

Rector Digernes' (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) response to Dr.Arun Gupta's letter regarding the press release on breastfeeding research.click here. Statement by WABA
Norwegian Research on Androgens and Breastfeeding
WABA's response to misleading information and unfounded claims.
To read the full statement, please click here.

Research as an extreme sport
by Per Brandtzaeg, Professor, Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet :We have recently seen an example of the latter where communication has gone astray. A researcher from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has created confusion related to the conscientious work involved in motivating mothers to breastfeed their infants.
Translated into English from the Norwegian newspaper VG., Debatt pp. 46-47, February 2, 2010. Click here for the full article.

Launch of the global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival: IBFAN marks its 30th anniversary
find out more http://www.ibfan.org/gbics.html

Join One Million Campaign
Celebrating our 30th Anniversary!!
ONE MILLION CAMPAIGN Press release 23 May 2009:Voices of 45000 People Reach World Health Assembly with a Call to Save Newborn Lives more>>
The gBICS is a worldwide civil society-driven initiative aiming to accelerate progress in attaining the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, especially Goal 4, reduction of child mortality, by scaling up early, exclusive and continued breastfeeding.more>>  
 
Important Documents  
  • Antiretroviral Regimens in Pregnancy and Breast-Feeding in Botswana see the study >>
  • WHA RESOLUTION 63. - 2010, The Sixty-third World Health Assembly see>>
  • PEDIATRICS : The Burden of Suboptimal Breastfeeding in the United States: A Pediatric Cost Analysis
    Melissa Bartick and Arnold Reinhold Pediatrics published online April 5 ,2010 Download study
  • HIV and ininfant feedining Revised Principles and Recommendations – Rapid Advice Download Report
  • Use of Antiretroviral Drugs for Treating Pregnant Women and Preventing HIV Infection in Infants – Rapid Advice Download Report
  • "7th Asia-Pacific United Nations Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Task Force Meeting" held in Chennai, India in September 2009. IBFAN Asia participated in the meeting Download Report
  • Summary of Report: The perceived efficiency of development activities related to improving infant and young child nutrition in low-income countries.--by Sophie Peloquin, BSc. Nutrition
Download  Acrobat Reader to view PDF documents
© copyright 2007, IBFAN ASIA . All Rights Resereved.
Exclusively Breastfed Babies of the year 2006 Disclaimer: IBFAN Asia is not liable for national and international boundaries. Our aim is mapping of status of infant and young child feeding in the countries. Source:Compare Infobase Ltd,New Delhi.