Other Breastfeeding
Advocacy Organizations

NABA is the national leadership organization for US breastfeeding promotion. Its mission is to protect, support, and promote breastfeeding by:

• raising public and professional awareness of breastfeeding as a public health issue,
• watching and promoting local, state, and federal legislation and policy related to breastfeeding and maternal/child health,
• issuing positive breastfeeding messages and educational papers,
• countering media discrediting of breastfeeding,
• developing grassroots breastfeeding advocacy programs, and
• publishing a newsletter and action alerts by fax, e-mail and electronic bulletin boards.

Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT) Canada, a non-profit, non-governmental organisation, works to promote optimal infant and maternal health through the protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding. INFACT Canada is an active member of the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and is the North American representative for IBFAN.

The International Baby Food Action Network is a worldwide coalition of citizen groups working for better child health through the promotion of breastfeeding and the elimination of irresponsible marketing of commercial infant foods, bottles and teats. IBFAN's members seek to promote and monitor compliance with the WHO/UNICEF International Code for the Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes .There are now more than 150 groups in 70 countries participating in IBFAN. They keep in touch through a system of 9 Regional Representatives and 3 Central Office coordinators. Some of the IBFAN constituent organizations are listed below.

Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save infant lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action works within a global network to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry.

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