We are told that formula has additives and ingredients, that it's good for the child," says Yeong Joo Kean, a Malaysian lawyer for the International Baby Food Action Network, an advocacy group.
Leda Lhotska of the International Baby Food Action Network said she was concerned that Nestle's acquisition of Gerber would leave the market dominated by a company pushing hard to sell its products to every mother _ in competition with breast-feeding, which the World Health Organization considers vital for infant health.
Leda Lhotska of the International Baby Food Action Network said she was concerned that Nestle's acquisition of Gerber would leave the market dominated by a company pushing hard to sell its products to every mother _ in competition with breast-feeding, which the World Health Organization considers vital for infant health.
Right Livelihood Winners Sweden -- On December 9, the 1998 Right Livelihood Awards ("the Alternative Nobel Prize") were presented to University of Illinois Occupational and Environmental Medicine Professor Samuel Epstein (US), Grupo de Accion por el Biobio Leader Juan Pablo Orrego (Chile), Katarina Kruhonja and Vesna Terselic (two anti-war crusaders from Croatia) and the International Baby Food Action Network (Switzerland).
In one three-week period during 1984, the International Baby Food Action Network reported more than 100 violations of the Code by 22 companies in 10 different countries.
A new report, Checks and balances in the global economy: using international tools to stop corporate malpractice, was launched in January 2004 by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN).
Anwar Fazal, Co-founder of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is the greatest outreach vehicle for the breast feeding movement, and is celebrated in over 120 countries.
The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) has written to the ICM, among other international organisations representing health professionals, regarding the presence of Enterobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula.
