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Developing global guidance on human milk banking. [PDF]

Bull World Health Organ, 2021
Donor human milk is recommended by the World Health Organization both for its advantageous nutritional and biological properties when mother's own milk is not available and for its recognized support for lactation and breastfeeding when used ...
Tyebally Fang M, Chatzixiros E, Grummer-Strawn L, Engmann C, Israel-Ballard K, Mansen K, O'Connor DL, Unger S, Herson M, Weaver G, Biller-Andorno N.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Perceptions of Human Milk Banks as a Response to the US Infant Formula Shortage: A Mixed Methods Study of US Mothers

Women, 2022
Human donor milk from established milk banks is the safest alternative to mother’s own milk. The current study examined US mothers’ perceptions of human milk banks as a response to the ongoing infant formula shortage in the United States.
Frederica Jackson, Cecilia Obeng
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Perceptions on donated human milk and human milk banking in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr, 2019
Kimani-Murage EW, Wanjohi MN, Kamande EW, Macharia TN, Mwaniki E, Zerfu T, Ziraba A, Muiruri JW, Samburu B, Govoga A, Kiige LW, Ngwiri T, Mirie W, Musoke R, Amundson-Mansen K, Israel-Ballard K.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Maintaining human milk bank services throughout the COVID‐19 pandemic: A global response

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, Marta Staff, Amy Vickers, Joao Aprigio, Satish Tiwari, Sushma Nangia, Ruchika Chugh Sachdeva, Vanessa Clifford, Anna Coutsoudis, Penny Reimers, Kiersten Israel‐Ballard, Kimberly Mansen, Radmila Mileusnic‐Milenovic, Aleksandra Wesolowska, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Mohammadbagher Hosseini, Daniel Klotz, Anne Hagen Grøvslien, Gillian Weaver, Virtual Collaborative Network of Milk Banks and Associations   +19 more
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Milk Sharing and Human Milk Banking Among Lactating Women Living in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of Turkey: Knowledge, Opinions, and Practices

, 2023
Objective: We aimed to determine the knowledge, opinions, and practices among lactating women in Turkey with regard to milk sharing and human milk banking.
Sidar GÜL, Mürşide ZENGIN, Zengin, Mürşide, Gül, Sidar   +3 more
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The Cryopolitics of Human Milk: Thermal Assemblages of Breast Milk in Donation, Banking, and Bioindustrial Research

, 2023
Acknowledgments We would like to thank to all the staff at 12 de Octubre BHM and all the donors interviewed, as well as the laboratory director and staff of Biosearch Life for their invaluable contribution to this research. We would like to thank as well
Pablo Santoro, Carmen Romero-Bachiller, Romero Bachiller, María Del Carmen, Santoro Domingo, Pablo   +3 more
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Acceptability of donor breastmilk banking among health workers: a cross-sectional survey in Zimbabwean urban settings

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020
Background The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that donor human milk is superior to artificial infant formula in situations where the baby cannot feed on the mother’s breastmilk.
Dexter T. Chagwena, Felistas Mugariri, Bhekimpilo Sithole, Steady Faith Mataga, Ruvimbo Danda, Tonderayi M. Matsungo, Charles C. Maponga   +6 more
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The Host Defense Proteome of Human and Bovine Milk [PDF]

, 2011
Milk is the single source of nutrients for the newborn mammal. The composition of milk of different mammals has been adapted during evolution of the species to fulfill the needs of the offspring.
Hooijdonk, A.C.M., van, Jacques Vervoort, Boeren, S., Hein van Valenberg, van Hooijdonk, A.C.M., Vervoort Jacques, van Valenberg Hein, Sacco de Vries, de Vries Sacco, Boeren Sjef, Hettinga Kasper, Vries, S.C., de, Valenberg, H.J.F., van, Hettinga, K.A., van Hooijdonk Toon, Kasper Hettinga, Sjef Boeren, de Vries, S.C., Arendonk, J.A.M., van, Toon van Hooijdonk, Johan van Arendonk, van Arendonk, J.A.M., van Arendonk Johan, Vervoort, J.J.M., van Valenberg, H.J.F.   +24 more
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A scoping review on current technology-based approaches to support breastfeeding and informal human milk exchange practices.

PLoS ONE, 2023
Informal human milk exchange is the practice of donating and receiving expressed human milk based on mutual consent between the donor and receiver in the need of human milk for infants below 2 years old.
Siti Fatimah Abdul Razak, Nur Liyana Rosli, Noor Hisham Kamis, Norsyamlina Che Abdul Rahim, Mohd Fikri Azli Abdullah   +4 more
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Human milk odour profiles

, 2022
S.725-742The odorous fraction of human milk is of particular interest to researchers in diverse disciplines such as biology, food sciences and chemistry.
Buettner, Andrea
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