Setting up the first human milk bank in Uganda: a success story from Nsambya hospital
BackgroundThe World Health Organization (WHO) strongly recommends the use of donor human milk (DHM) for low birth weight infants when mother’s own milk is unavailable or insufficient. However, the use of DHM requires the availability of human milk banks (
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Analysis of Thermal Sensitivity of Human Cytomegalovirus Assayed in the Conventional Conditions of a Human Milk Bank. [PDF]
One of the main concerns in human milk banks (HMB) is the transmission of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) that could be present in the milk of infected women.
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Human milk bank and personalized nutrition in the NICU: a narrative review. [PDF]
The number of infants born preterm including extremely premature babies is rising worldwide, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, which challenge neonatologists and milk banks for the provision of the most adequate nutrition for successful ...
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Factors Associated with the Use of Pasteurized Donor Milk for Healthy Newborns: Experience from the First Human Milk Bank in Vietnam. [PDF]
Background: Pasteurized donor milk (PDM) is typically prescribed to preterm or low birthweight newborns when their mother’s own milk is unavailable. In surplus, PDM is prescribed to meet the nutritional needs of healthy newborns in the first few days of ...
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Operation Status of the Mutual Aid Human Milk Bank for Preterm Infants and Data Analysis [Response to Letter]. [PDF]
Wang H, Hu XL, Li QF, Zhou J, Wu MY.
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Human Milk Bank in a Rural Setup - A Success Story. [PDF]
Lakhkar B, Damke S, Meshram R.
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Role of human milk banks amid COVID 19: perspective from a milk bank in India. [PDF]
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the operation of donor human milk banks in various countries such as China, Italy and India. It is understandable that this impact on operations of donor human milk might hamper the capability of ...
Bhasin M, Nangia S, Goel S.
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Milk Banks and Milk Banking [PDF]
Judith E. Palsgraf, Concepcion G. Sia
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Views on wet nursing and expressing breastmilk for sharing and human milk bank donation among mothers in two parenting social media communities in Vietnam. [PDF]
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Bridging the Milk Gap: Integrating a Human Milk Bank-Blood Bank Model to Reinforce Lactation Support and Neonatal Care. [PDF]
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