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/
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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 .
10
Areas of Action
Infant
Young Child Feeding Programmes
WBTi
The
State of the World's Breastfeeding
South Asia Report
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E vents
: 2007
Book
your dates for these opportunities
January
20-25
7th
World Social Forum, Nairobi, Kenya
February
4-8
14
26-2 Mar
Inter. Conf. on Actions to Strengthen
Linkages between SRH & HIV/AIDS,
Mumbai, India
WABA's 16th Anniversary
34th
SCN Annual Session, Rome
March
7-11
CIMS Mother-Friendly Childbirth Forum,
Atlanta:Turning the Tide: Making Mother-Friendly
Childbirth a Reality
April
24-28
8-9
1st International Conference on Childcare
in Islam, Kuala Lumpur
Southeast Asia working Group meeting
on Complementary Feeding in Thailand
May
21
26th Anniversary of the Code
June
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July
18-19
20-23
State of the Art of Mother Support
Summit (LLLI/WABA), LLLI's 50th Anniversary,
Chicago, Illinois (16th - 25th July)
"Celebrating the Power of Breastfeeding"
August
1-7
12
World Breastfeeding Week
International Youth Day
September
October
12
BFAN's 27th Anniversary
November
December
3
10-12
BPNI Day
South Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum-4,India,New Delhi
Theme- Save Babies: SupportWomen to Breastfeed
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