Recent Publications from IBFAN

Few recent publications which may be of itnerest to you:

IBFAN-GIFA Newsletter 1- click here

International Code Documentation Center (ICDC) Legal Update July 2012 - click here

ICDC Press Release "USA interferes with national legislation" - click here

WHA Resolution Tackles Conflicts of Interest

The 65^th World Health Assembly (WHA) took place in Geneva in May and discussed an Implementation plan on infant and young child feeding. 

Proposed by Canada, UK, Swaziland and Mexico, the WHA adopted a new resolution WHA 65.6 on Maternal, infant and young child nutrition . 

It calls on governments to strengthen controls on the marketing of breastmilk substitutes and to establish “adequate mechanisms” to deal with conflicts of interest. 

The Resolution will be especially important in relation to the new partnerships and “multi-stakeholder” arrangements that are springing up to tackle poor nutrition - many of which are pushing fortified processed baby foods and fuelling the multi-billion “business of malnutrition”.

WHA 65.6 also mandates WHO "to provide clarification and guidance on the inappropriate promotion of foods for infants and young children".

More on this on IBFAN website