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Potential effectiveness of integrating human milk banking and lactation support on neonatal outcomes at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya [PDF]

Maternal and Child Nutrition
We assessed the potential effectiveness of human milk banking and lactation support on provision of human milk to neonates admitted in the newborn unit (NBU) at Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Kenya.
Calistus Wilunda, Kiersten Israel‐Ballard, Milka Wanjohi, Nelson Lang'at, Kimberly Mansen, Mary Waiyego, Minnie Kibore, Eva Kamande, Taddese Zerfu, Angela Kithua, Rosemarie Muganda, Juliana Muiruri, Beth Maina, Emily Njuguna, Faith Njeru, Laura W. Kiige, Patrick Codjia, Betty Samburu, Esther Mogusu, Thomas Ngwiri, Waithera Mirie, Elizabeth W. Kimani‐Murage   +21 more
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"Donor milk banking: Improving the future". A survey on the operation of the European donor human milk banks. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundProvision of donor human milk is handled by established human milk banks that implement all required measures to ensure its safety and quality.
Eva Kontopodi, Sertac Arslanoglu, Urszula Bernatowicz-Lojko, Enrico Bertino, Maria Enrica Bettinelli, Rachel Buffin, Tanya Cassidy, Ruurd M van Elburg, Corina Gebauer, Anne Grovslien, Kasper Hettinga, Ioanna Ioannou, Daniel Klotz, Radmila Mileusnić-Milenović, Guido E Moro, Jean-Charles Picaud, Bernd Stahl, Gillian Weaver, Johannes B van Goudoever, Aleksandra Wesolowska   +19 more
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Extending the Reach of Human Milk Banking

World Nutrition, 2017
The banking of human milk is expanding rapidly in both high- and low-income countries. Most milk banks serve critically ill infants, including those who are born prematurely or have low birthweight.
George Kent
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Knowledge, perceptions, and support for human milk banking among Saudi mothers: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundDonor Human Milk (DHM) is recommended for preterm infants when a mother’s own milk is unavailable. This study explored Saudi mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and concerns regarding human milk banking (HMB) and donation, to identify barriers to ...
Yahya A. Almutawif, Yahya A. Almutawif, Renad M. Alhamawi, Renad M. Alhamawi   +3 more
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‘Your baby can take my milk… but my baby won’t take yours’; determinants of willingness to donate and utilize human breast milk among pregnant women at a health facility in limited resource settings [PDF]

International Breastfeeding Journal
Background Donor human milk is vital for newborn nutrition and development. The World Health Organization advocates donor human milk when maternal milk is unavailable. In alignment with this global recommendation, Kenya has established a donor human milk
Jane Wangui Kamau, Mary Njue-Kamau, Fidel Omollo, Lucy W. Kivuti-Bitok   +3 more
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Effectiveness of structured lactation support and human donor milk banking in German NICUs: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial [PDF]

BMC Medicine
Background Although exclusive human milk feeding is beneficial for very low birth weight infants, rates remain suboptimal globally. This hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial evaluated structured lactation support combined with human donor ...
Juliane Köberlein-Neu, Nicola Gabriela Dymek, Viola Zimmer, Trutz Bommhardt, Anna Katharina Stirner, Isabella Güldenring, Tim Ohnhäuser, Daniel Wiesen, Till Dresbach, Nadine Scholten, Neo-MILK Consortium/collaborators   +10 more
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Comparison between the for‐profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation? [PDF]

Maternal and Child Nutrition
Human milk (HM) is a highly evolutionary selected, complex biofluid, which provides tailored nutrition, immune system support and developmental cues that are unique to each maternal–infant dyad.
Natalie Shenker, Jonathan Linden, Betty Wang, Claudia Mackenzie, Alex Pueyo Hildebrandt, Jacqui Spears, Danielle Davis, Sushma Nangia, Gillian Weaver   +8 more
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Women's perspectives on human milk banking in Ghana: results from a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

Front Public Health, 2023
Obeng C, Jackson F, Amissah-Essel S, Nsiah-Asamoah C, Perry CA, Gonzalez Casanova I, Obeng-Gyasi E.   +6 more
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Human milk banking acceptability among pregnant and nursing mothers in Southwest Nigeria. [PDF]

J Public Health Res, 2023
Ogundare EO, Dedeke IOF, Babatola AO, Adeniyi AT, Ajite AB, Lawal OA, Taiwo AB, Fatunla OA, Ajibola AE, Bolaji OB, Olatunya OS.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Facilitators, barriers, and factors determining the willingness to donate human milk among postpartum mothers in a tertiary women’s hospital in Nepal: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

International Breastfeeding Journal
Background Breastfeeding is universally acknowledged as the most effective and efficient means of ensuring optimal growth, development, and survival of infants.
Chandra Singh Sejuwal, Bishow Kandel, Samikshya Badal, Dinesh Raj Neupane, Sunny Kumar Yadav, Rojina Basnet, Khem Bahadur Karki   +6 more
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