IBFAN Asia Newswire

The Last word on Infant and Young Child Feeding

• Montek Singh Ahluwalia to release paper demanding global investment of 17.5 billion dollars for enhancing global breastfeeding rates: An IBFAN Asia initiative 
  IBFAN Asia will launch the global paper "The Need to Invest in Babies" as part of their World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative (WBCi) in New Delhi on 10th December 2013. Dr. Julie P. Smith, renowned health economist from Australia and co-author of the paper will introduce the paper. 

• Expert’s talk on  the World Breastfeeding Costing Initiative (WBCi) 2013.
  Julie Smith, Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health College of Medicine, Biology and Environment
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmLVsc-axAs&feature=youtu.be

• Improved home cooked food can be as good as RUTF for treating MAM says Cochrane
  Authors' of Cochrane review mentions, "Most of the research so far has focused on industrialized foods, and on short term outcomes of MAM". The world needs studies to evaluate interventions to improve the quality of the home diet. Different types of foods may be equally effective in the short term nutritional rehabilitation of children with MAM.

• Global WBTi Review Workshop, New Delhi:
  International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)’s World Breastfeeding Trends Initiative (WBTi) has been introduced in 82 countries since 2004-05 all over the world. The programme is now a central component of all our regions and serves as a strategic tool to generate action for infants and young children’s right to get optimal nutrition. The tool was reviewed with global partners to get an improved and updated assessment in the coming future.

• One Asia Breastfeeding Partners Forum – 9, Laos 2013
  Countries from South Asia, South East Asia and East Asia came together to support Maternal, Infant, Young Child Feeding and Nutrition issues at the 9th One Asia Forum. Implementation of the International Code for Marketing Breastmilk Substitutes and WBTi assessment emerged as the key priorities for generating policy actions.