A comparative review of human milk banking and national tissue banking programs

M Herson, G Weaver - Maternal & Child Nutrition, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper explores the legislative and operational commonalities and differences in
Medical Products of Human Origin (MPHO) programs, including blood, hematopoietic cells …

Factors that influence the sustainability of human milk donation to milk banks: a systematic review

C Kaech, C Kilgour, CJ Fischer Fumeaux… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Donor human milk is the recommended alternative for feeding preterm or low birth weight
infants when the mother's own milk is unavailable or not in sufficient quantity. Globally, the …

[HTML][HTML] An equitable, community-engaged translational framework for science in human lactation and infant feeding—a report from “Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of …

L Nommsen-Rivers, MM Black, P Christian… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human milk is the ideal source of nutrition for most infants, but significant gaps remain in our
understanding of human milk biology. As part of addressing these gaps, the Breastmilk …

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

N Shenker, M Staff, A Vickers, J Aprigio… - Maternal & child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
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) …

[HTML][HTML] Developing global guidance on human milk banking

MT Fang, E Chatzixiros… - Bulletin of the World …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Comparison between the for‐profit human milk industry and nonprofit human milk banking: Time for regulation?

N Shenker, J Linden, B Wang… - Maternal & Child …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human milk (HM) is a highly evolutionary selected, complex biofluid, which provides tailored
nutrition, immune system support and developmental cues that are unique to each maternal …

[HTML][HTML] Misalignment of global COVID-19 breastfeeding and newborn care guidelines with World Health Organization recommendations

DV Hoang, J Cashin, K Gribble, K Marinelli… - … , Prevention & Health, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Guidance documents from 33 countries on the care of infants whose mothers were
suspected or confirmed as having COVID-19 were assessed for alignment with WHO …

[PDF][PDF] Protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding: the baby-friendly hospital initiative for small, sick and preterm newborns

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
The first few hours and days of a newborn's life are a critical window for establishing
lactation and for providing mothers with the support they need to breastfeed successfully (1) …

Human milk banks: a need for further evidence and guidance

MT Fang, L Grummer-Strawn… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Human milk is the biological norm for nutrition in infants, with a mother's own milk
recognised as the ideal nutritional source for optimal infant health. When a mother's own …

Racial capitalism and the US formula shortage: a policy analysis of the formula industry as a neocolonial system

C Tomori, AEL Palmquist - Frontiers in Sociology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The US is currently experiencing a formula shortage and an infant feeding crisis that began
with a formula recall and the hospitalization of 4 infants, 2 of whom died. Since 1981 …