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NICE guideline

NICE guideline

The National Institute of Care Excellence published a set of guidelines on the operation of a human milk bank in 2010 after all available evidence and practice were reviewed by a working party. To download a full copy of the NICE guidelines for Donor Breastmilk Banks,...
Resolution on the Use of Donor Human Milk for Muslim Infants

Resolution on the Use of Donor Human Milk for Muslim Infants

Background: The introduction of anonymised donor human milk (DHM) to countries with Muslim populations has been challenged by the Islamic concept of milk kinship. Here the sharing of milk, historically in the form of a wet nurse, creates kinship ties and thus marriage...

UKAMB statement on breastmilk sharing

UKAMB celebrates the increasing value that mothers everywhere are placing on breastmilk as shown by the increasing breastfeeding rates in the UK and many other countries. This is also reflected in the global support for internet based breastmilk sharing schemes. The...