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World Day of Human Milk Donation
A day of celebration and awareness Today, May 19, 2016, is World Day of Human Milk Donation. On this day we honor all moms who donate milk to nonprofit milk banks,...
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Zika Virus –Donor Milk from HMBANA milk banks is safe from Zika Virus
Statement from HMBANA: HMBANA and its member milk banks share the concerns of families dealing with Zika virus and its seemingly-related microcephalic conditions of newborn...
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A Conversation with NICU Nurse and IBCLC Dara Barnett
Originally posted on November 24th, 2015. by Amber Star Merkens My journey to becoming the NY Outreach Coordinator for Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast was heavily influenced...
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From the U.S. to South Africa: Milk Banking Programs in KwaZulu-Natal
It’s great to see that milk banking is growing along with the normalization of breastfeeding. Click here to read more about what’s happening, from our own development...
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Nichole’s Story – Challenges and empowerment
National Breastfeeding Month Breastfeeding, work, and milk donation: Making it work … and then some By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director, MMBNE In 2014, HMBANA...
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Prematurity, breastfeeding, and work: Making it work
National Breastfeeding Month 2015 By Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., Executive Director In honor of Mother’s Day this year, John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) ran a segment...
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