Edited from original 2016 post, updated for 2018 National Public Health Week. As we have discussed in our previous National Public Health Week blogs, breastfeeding is the biological norm. ... More
What Inspired Me to Open the Milk Bank
Guess Who Was a Preemie? As the founding director of Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, and now president of the Human Milk Banking Association of North America, I am often asked what inspired me to open ... More
Making the Dream True
Adapted from original January 18, 2016 post. In observing the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr, we think about how he was making the dream come true and explore what that means for us today as a ... More
Medical Laboratory Professionals
Originally posted on April 29, 2016. We couldn’t do our work without them This week, April 24-30, is Medical Laboratory Professionals Week. It is an opportunity to learn more about how lab ... More
Celebrating Breastfeeding Support in Zeros and Fives
A Brief Advocacy History For most of the world’s history, breastfeeding was the way babies ate. It did not require a social movement or national and international organizations to support, promote ... More
Letter From HMBANA President
Below is a recent letter to the HMBANA community by our milk bank director, Naomi Bar-Yam PhD. The original letter and subsequent newsletter is posted on HMBANA Matters, Volume 3, Issue No. 3, dated ... More
