CLICK HERE to watch Dispatches: Breastfeeding uncovered. Broadcast on UK Channel 4 on Monday 30th July, 2018 and includes Baby Milk Action’s Policy Director, Patti Rundall being interviewed by Kate Quilton. CLICK HERE for Blog posts on the UNICEF Baby…
More media coverage following President Trump’s tweet.
The media coverage following the New York Times exposé continues with over 600 online editorial articles and about 900 social media posts. Below are just some of the recent articles and programs including one from 2015 that gives an insight…
2018 Conflicts of Interest and US pressure at the Codex meeting in Rome
41st CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION FAO Headquarters, Rome, Italy. 2-6 July 2018 REPORT CLICK HERE for press release on the Codex Nutrition meeting in Germany, December 2017 See Consultation Page for our latest submission on the proposed structure for a revised…
What’s all the fuss about? Q&A on 2018 World Health Assembly
U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials followed by a Tweet by President Trump that this was all ‘fake news’. Consensus text proposed by Botswana, Ecuador, The Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Nepal, Pakistan, Panama, Senegal shared with…
Letters of support and outrage about the US actions
ISSOP-US Statement on America’s Opposition to the International Resolution The International Society of Social Pediatrics and Child Health (ISSOP), in concert with collaborating national and international societies of pediatrics (www.ISSOP.org), condemns in the most robust terms possible American officials’ attempts at…
2018: U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials
CLICK HERE for linked stories. CLICK HERE for the The New York Times‘ Editorial Board denouncement of the United States’ bullying at the World Health Assembly. U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials A Brooklyn mother unable to…
Petition to end unhealthy sponsorship of the World Cup
FIFA Petition_Removal unhealthy product sponsorship from the World Cup_June2018 PETITION FIFA TO REMOVE UNHEALTHY PRODUCT SPONSORSHIP FROM THE WORLD CUP Join Latin American organizations from over 20 countries who are calling upon the FIFA and its Human Rights Advisory Board…
Rome: IBFAN highlights conflicts of interest in Codex Standards setting
Report from the Codex Commission meeting in Rome – 2-6th July 2018 The Final Report of this meeting is has now been published CLICK HERE The 41st meeting of the WHO/FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) – the UN body that sets standards…
Draft Council conclusions Healthy Nutrition for Children: The Healthy Future of Europe
Draft Council conclusions Healthy Nutrition for Children: The Healthy Future of Europe Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council session on 22 June 2018 Conclusions on “Healthy nutrition for children: The healthy future of Europe” On 26 April 2018,…