Quality of human milk expressed in a human milk bank and at home
Jornal de Pediatria (Versão em Português), 2018 Objective: To evaluate the quality of the human milk expressed at home and at a human milk bank. Methods: This a retrospective, analytical, and observational study, performed by assessing titratable acidity records and the microbiological culture of 100 ...
Mayla S. Borges +3 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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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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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 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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Setting up the first human milk bank in Uganda: a success story from Nsambya hospital [PDF]
Frontiers in Nutrition, 2023 BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommends the use of donor human milk (DHM) for low birth weight infants when mother’s own milk is unavailable or insufficient. However, the use of DHM requires the availability of human milk banks (
Victoria Nakibuuka +18 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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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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Characteristics of the First Human Milk Bank in Taiwan
Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2013 The benefits of feeding human milk to infants, even in prematurity, have been well documented. Well-organized donor milk processing has made the milk bank a good source of nutrition for premature or sick infants if their own mother's milk is not ...
Fang-Yuan Chang +3 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2019 Objectives: To develop recommendations from the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA) for the establishment and operation of human milk banks (HMB) in Europe.Method: A working group comprising members of the EMBA was convened in 2015 to develop Europe ...
Gillian Weaver +14 more
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