Addressing milk kinship in milk banking: experience from Singapore's first donor human milk bank

• Main Authors: Jayagobi, Pooja Agarwal, Ong, Chengsi, Pang, Cynthia Pui Chan, Wong, Anng Anng, Wong, Siew Tin, Chua, Mei Chien
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Tissue Donors; Breast Milk
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169588
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The KK Human Milk Bank (KKHMB), the first and only human milk bank in Singapore, was established in August 2017 to provide safe pasteurised donor human milk (PDHM) to vulnerable preterm and sick infants with insufficient own mother’s milk, as the use of donor human milk (DHM) is potentially lifesavi...