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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, 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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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, Domenico Umberto De Rose, Maria Clemente, Cristina Gentili, Giovanni Paride Verardi, Patrizia Amadio, Maria Paola Reposi, Pietro Bagolan, Andrea Dotta   +8 more
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Growth of Very Preterm Infants in a Low-Resourced Rural Setting after Affiliation with a Human Milk Bank. [PDF]

Children (Basel), 2022
The extrauterine growth restriction (EUGR) of very preterm infants has been associated with long-term complications and neurodevelopmental problems. EUGR has been reported at higher rates in low resource settings.
Chen CH, Chiu HY, Lee SC, Chang HY, Chang JH, Chen YJ, Kang L, Shen SP, Lin YC.   +8 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, Paul G. Zambrano, Vu H. Duong, Nguyen T. T. Anh, Nant S. S. Aye, Mei Chien Chua, Hikmah Kurniasari, Zaw Win Moe, Sopapan Ngerncham, Nguyen T. T. Phuong, Janice Datu-Sanguyo   +10 more
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Addressing milk kinship in milk banking: experience from Singapore's first donor human milk bank. [PDF]

Singapore Med J, 2023
The KK Human Milk Bank (KKHMB), the first and only human milk bank in Singapore, was established in August 2017 to provide safe pasteurised donor human milk (PDHM) to vulnerable preterm and sick infants with insufficient own mother’s milk, as the use of donor human milk (DHM) is potentially lifesaving for these infants. To promote inclusivity and equal
Jayagobi PA, Ong C, Pang PCC, Wong AA, Wong ST, Chua MC.   +5 more
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Recommendations for the Establishment and Operation of Human Milk Banks in Europe: A Consensus Statement From the European Milk Bank Association (EMBA) [PDF]

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, Enrico Bertino, Corinna Gebauer, Anne Grovslien, Radmila Mileusnic-Milenovic, Sertac Arslanoglu, Debbie Barnett, Clair-Yves Boquien, Rachel Buffin, Antoni Gaya, Guido E. Moro, Aleksandra Wesolowska, Aleksandra Wesolowska, Jean-Charles Picaud, Jean-Charles Picaud   +14 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 Journal
Background 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, Tuan T. Nguyen, Anh T. Tran, Toan Q. Luu, Mai Q. Vu, Hoang T. Tran, Oanh T. X. Nguyen, Roger Mathisen   +7 more
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Factors influencing breast milk donation to a human milk bank in Iran: implications for policymakers and planners. [PDF]

BMC Nutr
Background 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, Naghshi M, Gholipour K, Ahmadi A, Azizi H, Gordeev VS.   +5 more
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Milk Bank Pooling Practices Impact Concentrations and Variability of Bioactive Components of Donor Human Milk [PDF]

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020
Background: Donor human milk (DHM) bank practices, such as pasteurization and pooling according to postpartum age of milk donations and number of donors included in a pool may impact the resulting concentration of bioactive components of DHM.Aims: We ...
Bridget E. Young, Katherine Murphy, Laraine L. Borman, Rebecca Heinrich, Nancy F. Krebs   +4 more
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Operation Status of the Mutual Aid Human Milk Bank for Preterm Infants and Data Analysis. [PDF]

J Multidiscip Healthc, 2023
Objectives This study aimed to investigate the matching degree between the donated supply and demand, clinical characteristics of both donors and recipients, along with the operation cost.
Wang H, Hu XL, Li QF, Zhou J, Wu MY.
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