Voices of 45000 People Reach World Health Assembly with a Call to Save Newborn Lives.
This week, IBFAN, the International Baby Food Action Network, made a clear call when it launched its ‘One Million Campaign: Support Women to Breastfeed’ (www.onemillioncampaign.org) at World Health Assembly. The IBFAN team submitted a petition to the President of World Health Assembly, Mr. NS de Silva, signed by more than 45000 people from 161 countries.
For more click http://www.onemillioncampaign.org/press-release1.aspx
The global Breastfeeding Initiative for Child Survival (gBICS)
The gBICS is a worldwide civil society-driven initiative aiming to accelerate progress in attaining the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, especially Goal 4, reduction of child mortality, by scaling up early, exclusive and continued breastfeeding.
World Breastfeeding Week
World Breastfeeding Week 2009 theme:
Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response
Are you ready?
For more information on the theme, please visit: www.worldbreastfeedingweek.org
