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IFM recognizes that research and development efforts aimed at the constant improvement of infant foods and infant feeding practices must be complemented by educational efforts at all levels. That is why IFM works closely with national and international health organizations and has underwritten projects to help improve public health in countries where member companies operate. The overall aims of these initiatives are to:
- Encourage the continued use of valid science in research and development related to infant and young child nutrition
- Support efforts by governments and communities to increase public awareness of sound infant feeding practices
- Promote sound legislation and science-based regulation at the national, regional or international level
The role of the infant food industry and the many nutritionists, paediatricians, dieticians, food technologists, microbiologists, and toxicologists it works with to improve infant and young child health is a significant one. As the Director-General of the World Health Organization pointed out recently, world demographic trends, particularly growing urbanization, highlight the increasing importance of the infant food industry's contribution.
To learn more about some recent IFM-supported projects to help protect and promote the health and well being of infants and young children, see:
July 2004
IFM does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.
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