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- Breast Feeding Committee for Canada - Dedicated to protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding as the normal method of infant feeding and the implementation of the Baby-Friendly Initiative. Information about their activities, membership, newsletters and press releases.
- Geneva Infant Feeding Association (GIFA) - Maintains a documentation centre for, and coordinates IBFAN groups in Europe; also represents IBFAN network to government delegations at the UN. Information about their activities and publications. [German, French and English]
- Baby Milk Action - UK organization (member of IBFAN) campaigns against inappropriate infant feeding and irresponsible marketing. Includes information about their activities, policy papers, and news; also offer information specifically on Nestlé.
- International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) - A world-wide network of organizations working to reduce infant and child mortality; promotes breast-feeding and campaigns against irresponsible and dangerous corporate practices. Includes background on the issue, news, "Code-Watch", resources, and a listing of members. [multi-lingual]
- Nataional Alliance for Breast-Feeding Advocacy (NABA) - Dedicated to the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding in the US. Information about their activities, legal issues, news and alerts, and their publications.
- List of Baby Formula Manufactures - US-based Breastfeeding.com provides a list of infant formula manufacturers, and their corporate and product related web-sites.
- Baby Feeding Law Group - A coalition of UK organizations working for the implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes into UK legislation. Includes a members listing, information on their activities, and a resource section.
- PBM Products - Markets, manufactures, and distributes infant formula and foods, pediatric and adult nutritionals, diabetic products, pharmaceuticals, and infant feeding systems. View products and contact information.
- PBM Products - Markets, manufactures, and distributes infant formula and foods, pediatric and adult nutritionals, diabetic products, pharmaceuticals, and infant feeding systems. View products and contact information.
- New Zealand Breast Feeding Authority - A coalition of groups working to establish the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, and for breastfeeding to become the cultural norm; includes information on their programs, activities, and membership.
Wikipedia Articles
- Baby-friendly hospital - Baby-friendly hospital is a designation awarded by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children's Fund to hospitals worldwide that foster evidence based strategies concerning infant feeding. These strategies have as an outcome an increased likelihood of informed decision making regarding infant feeding and greater skills for mothers to initiate and sustain breastfeeding.
- International Baby Food Action Network - The International Baby Food Action Network, IBFAN, consists 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 babies and young children, their mothers and their families through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding and optimal infant feeding practices.
- Baby-farming - Baby-farming was a term used in late-Victorian Era Britain (and, less commonly, in Australia and the United States) to mean the taking in of an infant or child for payment; if the infant was young, this usually included wet-nursing (breast-feeding by a woman not the mother). Some baby farmers "adopted" children for lump-sum payments, while others cared for infants for periodic payments.
- Breastfeeding complications - Breastfeeding is the feeding of an infant or young child with milk from a woman's breasts. Babies have a sucking reflex that enables them to suck and [milk.
- Annaprashan - Annaprashan, also known as annaprashan vidhi, annaprasan, or Anna-prasanam is a Hindu rite-of-passage ritual that marks an infant's first intake of food other than milk. The term annaprashan literally means "food feeding" or "eating of food".