International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) statement on the promotion and use of commercial fortified foods as solutions for child malnutrition.

IBFAN is convinced that child malnutrition is the result of widespread global social and economic inequity,the marginalization of poor communities, as well as women’s disempowerment and lack of access to productive resources. It leads to lack of affordable health care, inadequate support for optimal infant and young child feeding practices, lack of sufficient water for drinking and sanitation, resulting in repeated bouts of diarrheal and respiratory disease and chronic hunger and malnutrition in children.