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Improving Pasteurization to Preserve the Biological Components of Donated Human Milk

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Donor human milk (DHM) in human milk banks (HMB) is routinely subjected to heat treatment to ensure microbiological security, most guidelines recommending a temperature of 62. 5°C for 30 min.
Antoni Gayà, Antoni Gayà, Javier Calvo, Javier Calvo   +3 more
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Donated Human Milk as a Determinant Factor for the Gut Bifidobacterial Ecology in Premature Babies

Microorganisms, 2020
Correct establishment of the gut microbiome is compromised in premature babies, with Bifidobacterium being one of the most affected genera. Prematurity often entails the inability to successfully breastfeed, therefore requiring the implementation of ...
Silvia Arboleya, Silvia Saturio, Marta Suárez, Nuria Fernández, Leonardo Mancabelli, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, Marco Ventura, Gonzalo Solís, Miguel Gueimonde   +8 more
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Impact of processing method on donated human breast milk microRNA content.

PLoS ONE, 2020
Pasteurization of donated human milk preserves it for storage and makes it safe for feeding, but at the expense of its composition, nutritional values and functions.
Urszula Smyczynska, Marcin A Bartlomiejczyk, Marcin M Stanczak, Pawel Sztromwasser, Aleksandra Wesolowska, Olga Barbarska, Emilia Pawlikowska, Wojciech Fendler   +7 more
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The acceptability of a donor human milk bank and donated human milk among mothers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Breastfeeding is a crucial public health approach that reduces infant morbidity and mortality by providing essential nutrients and antibodies, and breast milk is easily digested.
Tebogo Mampane, Jacqueline E. Wolvaardt
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Cross-breastfeeding and milk donation in Brazil [PDF]

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2023
: The objective of this study was to describe the frequency of cross-breastfeeding, human milk donation to human milk banks and reception of human milk from human milk banks, and to investigate the intersection between cross-breastfeeding and breast milk
Cristiano Siqueira Boccolini, Neilane Bertoni dos Reis, Dayana Rodrigues Farias, Talita Lelis Berti, Elisa Maria de Aquino Lacerda, Inês Rugani Ribeiro de Castro, Gilberto Kac, Letícia B. Vertulli Carneiro, Luiz Antonio dos Anjos, Nadya Helena Alves-Santos, Maiara Brusco de Freitas, Paula Normando, Pedro Gomes Andrade, Raquel Machado Schincaglia   +13 more
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“It’s just like a blood transfusion”: perceptions on the use of donated breast milk in selected hospitals in central Uganda: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background Breast milk is crucial for the nutritional and developmental milestones in the first two years of life. Uganda has recognized the need for a human milk bank as an opportunity that offers reliable and healthy milk to babies who lack access to ...
Mary Gorreth Namuddu, David Mukunya, Victoria Nakibuuka, Esther Amulen, Ritah Nantale, Juliet Kiguli   +5 more
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Effects of Formula Milk Feeding in Premature Infants: A Systematic Review

Children, 2022
The preterm baby is born at a critical period for the growth and development of the gastrointestinal and neuromotor systems. Breast milk is the food of choice for infants during the first months of life, as it provides multiple short- and long-term ...
Marta Moreira-Monteagudo, Raquel Leirós-Rodríguez, Pilar Marqués-Sánchez   +2 more
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Acceptability of donated breast milk among pregnant women in selected hospitals in central Uganda: a cross-sectional study

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2023
Background Donated breast milk is considered beneficial to vulnerable infants. Thus, Uganda launched its first human milk bank in November 2021 to provide breast milk to preterm, low birthweight and sick babies.
Mary Gorreth Namuddu, Juliet Kiguli, Victoria Nakibuuka, Ritah Nantale, David Mukunya   +4 more
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Exploring the barriers and facilitators to the acceptability of donor human milk in eastern Uganda – a qualitative study

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background Human milk is the best nutrition for all infants. When the mother’s own milk is not available, the World Health Organization recommends the use of donated human milk and milk banking for neonates born prematurely or with medical problems ...
Sarah Magowan, Kathy Burgoine, Collin Ogara, James Ditai, Melissa Gladstone   +4 more
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Breastfeeding and human milk bank in a neonatal intensive care unit: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in an Italian cohort of very low birth weight infants

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022
Background Parental stress in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) is well known, as is the stress induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. This combination might increase stress to the extent of affecting the availability of maternal expressed milk and the ...
Ilia Bresesti, Laura Morlacchi, Caterina Cazzaniga, Camilla Sangiorgio, Lorenza Bertù, Maria Elena Bolis, Angela Bossi, Massimo Agosti   +7 more
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