Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response [PDF]
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021 If maternal milk is unavailable, the World Health Organization recommends that the first alternative should be pasteurised donor human milk (DHM). Human milk banks (HMBs) screen and recruit milk donors, and DHM principally feeds very low birth weight ...
Natalie Shenker +19 more
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Human milk bank in a rural setup – A success story [PDF]
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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How much does a liter of donor human milk cost? Cost analysis of operating a human milk bank in Italy [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background To date, 40 Human Milk Banks (HMB) have been established in Italy; however, recent cost analysis data for operating an HMB in Italy are not available in the literature. Methods This study was a cross-sectional study performed at “Bambino Gesù”
Guglielmo Salvatori +8 more
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Cost analysis of establishing and operating the first human milk bank at Da Nang Hospital for Women and Children in Vietnam: an activity-based costing ingredients study [PDF]
International Breastfeeding JournalBackground Breastfeeding is the biological norm for feeding infants and young children. When mothers’ breastmilk is unavailable, donor human milk (DHM) from a human milk bank (HMB) becomes the next option for small vulnerable newborns.
Minh V. Hoang +7 more
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A report on operating a nationwide human milk bank in Korea [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Purpose : A human milk bank collects, processes, eliminates, and stores breast milk from donors and provides breast milk to those in need. The authors hereby present the experiences and the objective lessons obtained through operating a nationwide human ...
Kang Hoon Song +6 more
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Factors influencing breast milk donation to a human milk bank in Iran: implications for policymakers and planners. [PDF]
BMC NutrBackground: The World Health Organization (WHO) actively promotes breastfeeding as the optimal source of nourishment for infants and young children. However, not all newborns have access to breast milk, leading to deprivation of its nutritional benefits ...
Doshmangir L +5 more
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The Unsung Heroes: The Profile of the Donor at a Southern Italian Milk Bank and Driving Factors in Human Milk Donation [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: One of the most effective strategies to mitigate morbidity associated with preterm birth is the use of human milk. The first choice is the mother’s milk; if that is not available, human milk donated to milk banks is the second ...
Pasqua Anna Quitadamo +8 more
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Comparison of the short-term neonatal outcomes of preterm neonates before and after the launch of human milk bank in Iran: a retrospective descriptive study [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Preterm delivery continues to be a major concern in the global health system. Where accessible, mother’s milk is the optimal option for neonate nutrition.
Nazanin Hamidi +4 more
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Characteristics and factors influencing the volume of breastmilk donated by women to the first human milk bank in Vietnam [PDF]
Frontiers in Global Women's Health, 2023 BackgroundDonor human milk (DHM) is essential to the operation of human milk banks (HMB). This study examined characteristics and factors associated with higher volumes of DHM donation at the first HMB in Vietnam.MethodData from an online HMB monitoring ...
Hoang Thi Tran +6 more
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Human milk banks in the response to COVID-19: a statement of the regional human milk bank network for Southeast Asia and beyond [PDF]
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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