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"

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

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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
 

 

South Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum
SABPF-5 held in
Thimphu Bhutan, from October 13-15,08
Theme: Protecting Promoting and Supporting Breastfeeding: To Assess, analyze and Act

SABPF-5
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Speech of Hon'ble Prime Minister on Independence day English | Hindi
 
call upon GAIN to leave india


People call Upon GAIN to leave India and Government of India to regulate PPPs

download media brief
Link http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-11952

What's New
Join One Million Campaign
 
ONE MILLION CAMPAIGN Press release 23 May 2009:Voices of 45000 People Reach World Health Assembly with a Call to Save Newborn Lives more>>
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ONE MILLION CAMPAIGN : Support Women to Breastfeed
The campaign initiated by the International Baby Food Action Network - Asia (IBFAN - Asia) is a campaign that brings together people from all over the world to take action ranging from signing petitions demanding support to women to breastfeed, to individual actions such as pledging to support at least one woman for breastfeeding.
Join the One Million Campaign, visit: www.onemillioncampaign.org

The global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival (gBICS)

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>>

World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi)
takes off in 51 countries

WBTi traning
  East Asia - 5 Countries   Africa - 14 Countries
  Southeast Asia- 6 Countries   Latin America - 18 Countries
  South Asia - 8 Countries    


 
 
News

Release of the World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) India Report 2008 by Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar, Hon Union Minister for Panchyati Raj on 9th December 2008

India Assessment Report 2008download

India Report Card 2008
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Press Release: December 9, 2008

Aiyar stresses on timely action to check malnourishment
10 Dec 2008, Times of India

India Ranks Low in Breastfeeding Index
10 Dec 2008, HT

India failing to secure good health for infants
10 Dec 2008, ITGO, India Today Group

India failing to secure good health for infants: report
10 Dec 2008, Inside Kerala

India failing to secure infants health: report
10 Dec 2008, Big News

India failing to secure good health for infants: report
11Dec 2008, The Hindu

Bottle aces baby battle
- Fall in number of breastfed kids, health schemes fail
11Dec 2008, The Telegraph

 
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
 
Manipulation by Assistance: Undermining Breastfeeding-- by Dr.Arun Gupta
 
Exclusively Breastfed Babies of the year 2006
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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.