The International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) INFO Newsletter

IBFAN Regional Co-ordinating Offices Africa (Anglophone, Lusophone) Centrepoint P.O. Box 781 Mbabane Swaziland Tel 268 404 5006 Fax 268 404 0546 E-mail ibfanswd@realnet.co.sz IBFAN Afrique (francophone) 01 B.P. 1776 Ouagadougou 01 Burkina Faso Tel 226 303804 Fax 226 303888 E-mail ibfanfan@fasonet.bf Asia-Pacific IBFAN/ICDC P.O. Box 19 10700 Penang Malaysia Tel 60 4 656 9799 Fax 60 4 657 7291 E-mail ibfanpg@tm.net.my Europe IBFAN-GIFA P.O. Box 157 1211 Geneva 19 Switzerland Tel 41 22 798 9164 Fax 41 22 798 4443 E-mail philipec@iprolink.ch Latin America and the Caribbean CONAPLAM Secretaria de Bienestar Social 32 Calle 9-34, Zona 11 Colonia Las Charcas C. P. 01011 Ciudad de Guatemala Guatemala Tel 502 47 63 759 Ext. 286 Fax 502 47 67 387 E-mail ruth.arango@starnet.net.gt North America INFACT Canada Fax 416 591 9355 E-mail info@infactcanada.ca		In this issue: IBFAN member awarded OBE Breastfeeding can break the poverty cycle UNICEF position clarified International Code 88th Conference of the ILO supports nursing breaks World Breastfeeding Week 2000 Complementary feeding: the debate Former employee blows the whistle on corporate malpractice PAHO comes out for "about six months" Ghana implements the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes Moscow Breastfeeding Support Group Protecting the International Code at the Codex Alimentarius World Health Assembly May 2000 IBFAN Resources
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		IBFAN INFO is published by the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN), a coalition of public interest groups working around the world to reduce infant and young child morbidity and mortality. IBFAN aims to improve the health and well-being of mothers and their children through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal complementary feeding practices, by pressing for full and universal implementation of the International Code and subsequent, relevant WHA Resolutions. Published by: Elisabeth Sterken Kathy Venter --INFACT Canada & IBFAN North America Thanks to the editorial assistance from: Alison Linnecar -- IBFAN Europe Pauline Kisanga -- IBFAN Africa Binta Barry -- IBFAN Afrique Ines Fernandez -- IBFAN Asia-Pacific Patti Rundall -- Baby Milk Action, UK. Ruth de Arango -- IBFAN Latin America and the Caribbean IBFAN wishes to thank its Regional Partners, the Canadian International Development Agency, The Postcard Factory who donated the printing for this newsletter, and the donors to INFACT Canada for their generous financial support.
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