The legislative framework of donor human milk and human milk banking in Europe [PDF]
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2022 Data about the regulatory approaches to donor human milk (DHM) in European countries are lacking. The aim of this study is to describe the various regulations of DHM within European countries, to assess its legislative context and its impact in relation ...
Daniel Klotz +6 more
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Review of current best practices for human milk banking [PDF]
Maternal and Child NutritionMother's/parent milk is the optimal way to feed infants and when unavailable, supplemental donor human milk is preferred. A safe supply of donor human milk should be available for all low birthweight infants for whom it has been shown to reduce morbidity.
Sharon L. Unger, Deborah L. O'Connor
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Postpartum women’s views on human milk banking in a city in Southeast China: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background Donor human milk is the best alternative for preterm infants when their mother’s own milk is insufficient or unavailable. The development of human milk banks in China started late, and in most of these banks, the amount of donor human milk is ...
Haixia Tu +5 more
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The Revolution of Breast Milk: The Multiple Role of Human Milk Banking between Evidence and Experience—A Narrative Review [PDF]
International Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 The review recalls the importance of breast milk and deepens the theme of human milk banking, a virtuous reality that is expanding all over the world but is still little known.
Pasqua Anna Quitadamo +5 more
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Human milk banking services: An umbrella review protocol [version 3; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations] [PDF]
HRB Open ResearchObjective To review the current state of the art of human milk banking including evidence on development and implementation of human milk banking services in middle- and high-income countries; models of delivery; and the roles of key stakeholders in ...
Elaine Lehane +8 more
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Human Milk Banking In Nepal: An Initiative To Strengthen Newborn Nutrition [PDF]
Journal of Nepal Medical AssociationTo address the gap of suboptimal breastfeeding practices and limited access to human milk and its challenges to neonatal health outcomes, the country’s first Human Milk Bank, “Amrit Kosh,” was established at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital ...
Smriti Poudel +6 more
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A comparative review of human milk banking and national tissue banking programs [PDF]
Maternal and Child NutritionThis paper explores the legislative and operational commonalities and differences in Medical Products of Human Origin (MPHO) programs, including blood, hematopoietic cells, tissues and reproductive cells and human milk banking.
Marisa Herson, Gillian Weaver
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Human milk banking services: an umbrella review [PDF]
Public Health NutritionObjective: Donor human milk (DHM) is excess breast milk a woman donates to a human milk bank (HMB) for use by another infant. HMB requires operational sustainability to ensure consistent and equitable DHM supply.
Roisin O’Donovan +13 more
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The global status of human milk banking [PDF]
Maternal and Child NutritionHuman milk provides essential nutrition for infants and holds many health benefits for infants and mothers. When a mother's own milk is not available for her infant, the World Health Organization recommends feeding donor human milk (DHM) from a human ...
Kiersten Israel‐Ballard +2 more
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Attitudes towards human milk banking among native turkish and refugee women residing in a rural region of Turkey: a mixed-methods approach [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022 Background Human milk banks (HMB) play an essential role by providing human milk to infants who would otherwise not be able to receive mother’s milk. There is currently no donor milk bank in Turkey.
Ceren Varer Akpinar +5 more
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