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International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background WHO recommends donor milk as the next best choice if Mothers’ own milk (MOM) is unavailable. At our milk bank, during the COVID 19 pandemic, we observed a steep decline in the collection of donor milk, while Pasteurised Donor human milk (PDHM)
Maheshwar Bhasin +4 more
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“It’s more than milk, it’s mental health”: a case of online human milk sharing
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background Milk sharing is not a new concept and occurs today via regulated human milk banks and unregulated online milk sharing groups. Exploring and understanding how, and why, mothers use these peers to peer milk sharing groups, is a vehicle to ...
Amanda J. Wagg +2 more
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Human milk bank in a rural setup – A success story
Indian Journal of Community Medicine, 2022 Background: This article describes the experience of a rural human milk bank, with the problems faced in first 6 months including the coronavirus disease (COVID) crisis and interventions leading to success.
Bhavana Lakhkar +2 more
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International Breastfeeding Journal, 2021 Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations on infant feeding in the context of COVID-19 uphold standing recommendations for breastfeeding, non-separation, and skin-to-skin contact, including the use of donor human milk when mother’s ...
Estrella Olonan-Jusi +10 more
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Prevention Is Better Than Cure: Experimental Evidence From Milk Fever Incidence in Dairy Animals of Haryana, India [PDF]
, 2021 Calcium deficiency in high yielding bovines during calving causes milk fever which leads to economic losses of around INR 1000 crores (USD 137 million) per annum in Haryana, India. With increasing milk production, the risk of milk fever is continuously rising.
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Pasteurization Preserves IL-8 in Human Milk
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018 Background: Pasteurized donor human milk is an alternative feeding when mothers' own milk is not available for premature infants. The effects of pasteurization on the host defense properties of human milk are unclear.
Marilyn V. Giorgi +4 more
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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 +4 more
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The Effect of Pasteurization on the Antioxidant Properties of Human Milk: A Literature Review
Antioxidants, 2021 High rates of oxidative stress are common in preterm born infants and have short- and long-term consequences. The antioxidant properties of human milk limits the consequences of excessive oxidative damage.
Hannah G. Juncker +6 more
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Personalization of the Microbiota of Donor Human Milk with Mother’s Own Milk [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017 The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that extremely preterm infants receive mother's own milk (MOM) when available or pasteurized donor breast milk (DBM) when MOM is unavailable. The goal of this study was to determine whether DBM could be inoculated with MOM from mothers of preterm infants to restore the live microbiota (RM).
Laura E. Carr +9 more
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International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020 Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that donor human milk is superior to artificial infant formula in situations where the baby cannot feed on the mother’s breastmilk.
Dexter T. Chagwena +6 more
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