1998
RECIPIENT OF THE
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/
Global
Strategy for Infant and Young Child
Feeing : 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 .
I
Y C F Programmes
WBTi
World
Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) process
has been completed in 32 Countries.
Afghanistan
Ecuador
Pakistan
Argentina
Gambia
Peru
Bangladesh
Ghana
Philippines
Bhutan
India
Republic
of Korea
Brazil
Indonesia
Sri
Lanka
Bolivia
Malawi
Taiwan
Cape
Verde
Maldives
Uganda
China
Mexico
Uruguay
Colombia
Mongolia
Vietnam
Costa
Rica
Mozambique
Zambia
Dominican
Republic
Nepal
For
assessment findings detailed reports and
report card World
Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi
Timely Initiation of Breastfeeding within 1st Hour of Birth
Strategies for Children under Six
World Breastfeeding Week 2007: An early start on breast milk saves infants’ lives
Lipid
profile of term infants on exclusive
breastfeeding and mixed feeding: a comparative
study by D Harit, MMA Faridi, A Aggarwal,
SB Sharma
Infant
feeding counselling for HIV-infected and uninfected,
women: appropriateness of choice and practice RM Bland,a NC Rollins,a,b HM Coovadia,c A Coutsoudisb
& ML Newella
Initiating breastfeeding within one hour of birth : A scientific brief - -by
Arun Gupta
Infant and Young Child Feeding :
An ‘Optimal’ Approach --
Dr Arun Gupta
Feed
babies when they are born: As Indian policy makers fumble,
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka zoom ahead
--Dr
Arun Gupta
How
Safe are Infant Formulas?
--Dr.JP
Dadhich, Department of Pediatrics,
SL Jain Hospital, Ashok Vihar, Delhi.
Delayed
Breastfeeding Initiation Increases
Risk of Neonatal Mortality
Tackling Obesity : In it's infancy:Obesity
is the nutritional disorder coming
into picture more...
Role
of health care delivery in promoting
early and exclusive breastfeeding
and related economic gains .....
Scaling
up Exclusive Breastfeeding
Early exclusive breastfeeding
reduces the risk of postnatal HIV-1
transmission and increases HIV-free
survival
Why
ensure exclusive breastfeeding for
all babies? :
Exclusive
Breastfeeding : The Gold Standerd
Infant
and Young Child
Undernutrition: Where Lie the Solutions?
