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Perception of donor breast milk and determinants of its acceptability among mothers in a developing community: a cross-sectional multi-center study in south-east Nigeria

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2018
Background Due to the health and economic benefits of breast milk, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that for infants who cannot receive breast milk from their own mothers, the next preferred option is donated breast milk.
Kenechukwu K. Iloh, Chidiebere DI. Osuorah, Ikenna K. Ndu, Isaac N. Asinobi, Ijeoma N. Obumneme-Anyim, Chijioke E. Ezeudu, Ukoha M. Oluchi, Onyinye U. Anyanwu, Uchenna Ekwochi, Christian C. Ogoke, Adaeze C. Ayuk, Herbert U. Obu   +11 more
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A Decision Tree for Donor Human Milk: An Example Tool to Protect, Promote, and Support Breastfeeding

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2018
Despite decades of breastfeeding promotion, exclusive breastfeeding rates for the first 6 months of life remain low: around 40% globally. Infants that are admitted to a neonatal ward are even less likely to be exclusively breastfed.
Shelley Brandstetter, Shelley Brandstetter, Shelley Brandstetter, Shelley Brandstetter, Kimberly Mansen, Kimberly Mansen, Alessandra DeMarchis, Nga Nguyen Quyhn, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Cyril Engmann, Kiersten Israel-Ballard, Kiersten Israel-Ballard   +13 more
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High-Temperature Short-Time Pasteurization System for Donor Milk in a Human Milk Bank Setting

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018
Donor milk is the best alternative for the feeding of preterm newborns when mother's own milk is unavailable. For safety reasons, it is usually pasteurized by the Holder method (62.5°C for 30 min).
Diana Escuder-Vieco, Irene Espinosa-Martos, Juan M. Rodríguez, Nieves Corzo, Antonia Montilla, Pablo Siegfried, Carmen R. Pallás-Alonso, Carmen R. Pallás-Alonso, Leónides Fernández   +8 more
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Milk microbiome transplantation: recolonizing donor milk with mother's own milk microbiota. [PDF]

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol
Abstract Donor human milk (DHM) provides myriad nutritional and immunological benefits for preterm and low birthweight infants. However, pasteurization leaves DHM devoid of potentially beneficial milk microbiota. In the present study, we performed milk microbiome transplantation from freshly collected mother’s own milk (MOM ...
Stinson LF, Ma J, Lai CT, Rea A, Perrella SL, Geddes DT.   +5 more
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Attitudes towards Donor Breast Milk in an Inner City Population

International Journal of Pediatrics, 2019
Objective. The purpose of our study was to identify attitudes towards donor breast milk in our population and identify barriers to its acceptance. Methods. The study sample was comprised of a convenience sample of 174 postpartum women.
Abhinav Pal, Kultida Soontarapornchai, Lawrence Noble, Ivan Hand   +3 more
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Using donor human milk to feed vulnerable term infants: a case series in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2018
Background Donor human milk is the World Health Organization’s recommendation for infant feeding when the mother’s own breast milk is unavailable. Breast milk has been shown to reduce morbidity and mortality and in low birthweight infants, donor milk ...
Penelope Reimers, Natalie Shenker, Gillian Weaver, Anna Coutsoudis   +3 more
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Role of human milk banks amid COVID 19: perspective from a milk bank in India

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the operation of donor human milk banks in various countries such as China, Italy and India. It is understandable that this impact on operations of donor human milk might hamper the capability of ...
Maheshwar Bhasin, Sushma Nangia, Srishti Goel   +2 more
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High-Temperature Short-Time Preserves Human Milk's Bioactive Proteins and Their Function Better Than Pasteurization Techniques With Long Processing Times

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022
Donor human milk is generally processed by holder pasteurization (HoP) at 62. 5°C for 30 min. This temperature-time combination is sufficient for eliminating pathogens in donor milk, but also negatively affects several bioactive milk components.
Eva Kontopodi, Eva Kontopodi, Sjef Boeren, Bernd Stahl, Bernd Stahl, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Ruurd M. van Elburg, Kasper Hettinga   +7 more
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Milk Donation Awareness of Parents, Health Workers and Lactation Consultants: Survey Findings

Вопросы современной педиатрии, 2016
Background. Today, in Russia there is no practice of using donor milk in hospitals, while abroad it is a common technique of caring for premature and low-weight infants.Objective: Our aim was to study the milk donation awareness of parents of children ...
Olga L. Lukoyanova, Tatyana E. Borovik, Irina A. Belyaeva, Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova, Galina V. Yatsyk, Elena V. Shepkina, Ulyana M. Lebedeva, Vladimir I. Phurtsev, Yakov Ya. Yakovlev, Lyudmila N. Sophronova, Liliana A. Dautova, Olga V. Nodvikova, Anna L. Karpova, Nonna V. Klyueva   +13 more
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Inside human milk fortifiers: composition and clinical rationale

Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine
Human milk (HM) represents the gold standard for infant’s nutrition, including preterm and very low birth weight (VLBW) infants, owing to its well-documented benefits in reducing neonatal morbidity and supporting long-term neurodevelopmental and ...
Giulia Maiocco, Elena Maggiora, Sonia Deantoni, Guido E. Moro, Enrico Bertino, Massimo Agosti   +5 more
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