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
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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 ...
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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”
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The Unsung Heroes: The Profile of the Donor at a Southern Italian Milk Bank and Driving Factors in Human Milk Donation [PDF]
ChildrenBackground/Objectives: One of the most effective strategies to mitigate morbidity associated with preterm birth is the use of human milk. The first choice is the mother’s milk; if that is not available, human milk donated to milk banks is the second ...
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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 ...
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The Impact of Holder Pasteurization on Macronutrients, Vitamins, Minerals, and Bioactive Factors in Human Milk Processed in a Milk Bank Setting [PDF]
Current Developments in NutritionBackground: Donor human milk is recommended for the nutritionally vulnerable preterm infant; however, there is conflicting or limited information on how the pasteurization techniques used on donor milk influence its nutritional and immune properties ...
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Recommendations for the establishment and operation of a donor human milk bank. [PDF]
Nutr Rev, 2023 Arslanoglu S +9 more
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Operation Status of the Mutual Aid Human Milk Bank for Preterm Infants and Data Analysis [Letter]. [PDF]
J Multidiscip Healthc, 2023 Nurfatimah, Sumiaty, Longgupa LW.
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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.
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What is known about human milk bank donors around the world: a systematic scoping review. [PDF]
Public Health Nutr, 2022 Gutierrez Dos Santos B, Perrin MT.
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