"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 +19 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 +14 more
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BREAST MILK BANKS – THE WAY TO GLOBAL BREASTFEEDING SUPPORT IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD [PDF]
Неонатологія, хірургія та перинатальна медицина, 2023 Breast milk is the standard of infant nutrition, recognized worldwide as the optimal fi rst source of food, and breastfeeding is the ideal way to feed children, meeting all their needs.
М. Малачинська +4 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 +10 more
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The impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on North American milk banks [PDF]
Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021 This study aims to understand the impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic on human milk banking services in North America, with a focus on the United States. We triangulated questionnaire data with interviews and text‐based website data.
Mathilde Cohen, Tanya Cassidy
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Role of human milk banks amid COVID 19: perspective from a milk bank in India [PDF]
International Breastfeeding Journal, 2020 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 ...
Maheshwar Bhasin +2 more
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The trend of services provided by human milk banks between 2010 and 2019 in Brazil [PDF]
Jornal de Pediatria, 2022 Objective: To describe the trend of participation in group and individual support by human milk banks (HMBs) provided between 2010 and 2019 in Brazil. Methods: Ecological study with data from participation in group and individual support provided by the ...
Dannyele Nunes Carrijo +3 more
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Every Drop Counts—The Current Methods for Determining the Quality of Human Milk [PDF]
Proceedings, 2023 Background and objectives: Human milk is the golden standard in infant nutrition. A very important segment of nutritional support for premature children is milk banks.
Nikoleta Lugonja +5 more
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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 +19 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, 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.
Chia-Huei Chen +8 more
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